21 Aug 2019

Love match hopes for endangered takahē

From Morning Report, 8:52 am on 21 August 2019

There's a takahē love triangle underway on Rotoroa Island in the Hauraki Gulf.

Silberhorn and Hawkeye are part of a choreographed love match, orchestrated by DOC's Takahē Recovery Programme. But will Silberhorn take to Hawkeye when she's been forced to split from her previous partner Teichelmann?

Takahē Recovery Programme Manager Phil Marsh gives us the lowdown.