There are fewer than 1000 matuku-hūrepo/Australasian bittern left in Aotearoa. Photo: Supplied
The search is on for boomers this weekend.
Not the human kind, but the Matuku or Australasian bittern - an elusive heron-like bird native to wetlands, with a distinctive booming call.
This weekend the call is going out to citizen scientists to take part in the nationwide survey - the Great Matuku Muster.
John Sumich, Trustee and Secretary of the Bittern Conservation Trust tells Kathryn what's involved.
