‘Tūturuatu Telegraph’ takes a closer look at what it takes to bring this unique species back from the brink of extinction.
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Tūturuatu are in need of urgent PR. With just 250 individuals left in the wild on a handful of predator-free islands, it is one of the world’s rarest shore birds, facing issues related to real estate, genetics and a pandemic.
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The shore plover is described as a bird in urgent need of some PR. With just 250 individuals left in the wild it is one of the world’s rarest shore birds. A DOC-led recovery programme, aims to turn the tide on this bird’s fate…
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Rocket Lab has just launched a fundraiser in support of the tūturuatu/shore plover – which takes the form of a pretty sweet Mission Patch featuring the endangered bird in outer space.
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Every year as breeding season for the tūturuatu approaches, we head out to the remote Chatham Islands to do a census of the population. But what is the tūturuatu. Expert Rose Colleen went on the trip and gives us the goss.
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