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Wingbeats returning to the mountain that roars

Department of Conservation —  23/05/2020

This past summer the wingbeats and calls of adult tītī (Cook’s petrel) and kōrure (mottled petrel) filled the night air at Maungaharuru – ‘mountain that rumbles and roars’ – as they returned to New Zealand’s most inland seabird translocation site.

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One of the potential kōrure on Whenua Hou.

99 birds wing their way to Hawke’s Bay

Department of Conservation —  09/05/2018

This is the final blog post in a three-part series following the translocation of up to 100 intrepid seabirds from Whenua Hou Island to the Maungaharuru Range in the Hawke’s Bay.

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Fluffy seabirds with a bite

Department of Conservation —  23/04/2018

Finding up to 100 intrepid seabirds on Whenua Hou as part of a highly ambitious plan to move kōrure/mottled petrel chicks to the Maungaharuru Range in the Hawke’s Bay.

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