Friday, September 2, 2011 at 8:00 
Air New Zealand captain Eric Fontein shows Sirocco the cockpit. Photo by Craig Baxter.
They say he doesn't know he's a bird. Sirocco the kakapo thinks he's human.
Strigops habroptilus - Kakapo | in Conservation, Eco-tourism Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 12:52 
Better than a garden gnome. Photo: DuncanNew Zealand's unique parrots are believed to have evolved from a common ancestor of the Psittacidae parrots more than 80 million years ago.
Saturday, July 30, 2011 at 14:37 
A kakapo explores Codfish Island. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery.
Overcrowding may force the endangered kakapo to be returned to Resolution Island, more than 100 years after a pioneer conservationist first attempted the move.
Strigops habroptilus - Kakapo | in Conservation Friday, April 15, 2011 at 12:52 
IMPORTANT PATIENT: The sick baby kakapo, known as Solstice One, which has been sent to Wellington Zoo for diagnosis and treatment. A chick with "precious genes" has been flown from Codfish Island sanctuary to be treated by Wellington Zoo's resident kakapo expert.
Strigops habroptilus - Kakapo | in Conservation, Disease, Rescue Monday, April 11, 2011 at 0:51 
Don and Fjordland Kakapo Richard Henry The Department of Conservation says New Zealand has lost an internationally acclaimed conservation pioneer with the death of Don Merton at the weekend.
Strigops habroptilus - Kakapo | in Abbituary 
