The Unnatural History of the Kākāpō

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The Unnatural History of the Kākāpō

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NZ On Screen

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This documentary tells the tenuous survivor story of the kākāpō: the nocturnal flightless green parrot with "big sideburns and Victorian gentlemen's face" (as comedian Stephen Fry put it). A sole breeding population for the evolutionary oddity (the world's largest parrot; it can live up to 120 years) is marooned on remote Codfish Island. The multi award-winning film had rare access to the recovery programme and its dramatic challenges. This excerpt sees a rugged journey to the island to searc...

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Video

Date created

2009

URL

http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/the-unnatural-history-of-the-kakapo-2008

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bruce robertson / deidre vercoe / daryl eason / juan blanco / conservation / endangered / endangered species / birds / nature / codfish island / don merton

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