Monday, September 7, 2009 at 10:41 
Photo: DOC ONCE IN A LIFETIME: Sirocco the kakapo will be appearing at Auckland Zoo to celebrate Conservation Week.Don’t miss chance to see a kakapo – the world’s rarest parrot
Strigops habroptilus - Kakapo | in Conservation, Fun, Oddities Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at 10:10 
Young Kakapo. Photo: 100% Pure New Zealand Five rare Kakapo chicks - the last from the 2009 breeding season - have been released from their temporary outdoor pens, and are now roaming free on an island sanctuary in New Zealand’s deep south.
Strigops habroptilus - Kakapo | in Captive breeding, Release Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 9:28 
Auckland Zoo senior vet Richard Jakob-Hoff's arm is a handy perch for kakapo chick Hananui 2. Photo Brett PhibbsA very special New Zealand chick, Hananui Two, is just one of 124 Kakapo left.
She has been in hospital at Auckland Zoo for over a month, but is now finally healthy enough to return home to Codfish Island.
Enticing her to come out and play is easy – the five-month-old is a sucker for affection.
Auckland Zoo senior veterinarian Richard Jakob-Hoff is her doting surrogate parent – he has even learnt to imitate the sound Hananui’s mother makes.
Strigops habroptilus - Kakapo | in Conservation Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 9:45 
PRETTY POLLY: Two of the 26 kakapo chicks hand-reared in Invercargill this year after rimu fruit on Codfish Island (Whenua Hou), west of Stewart Island, failed to ripen. All the chicks have now been returned to the island.All the kakapo chicks brought to Invercargill three months ago have now returned home to Codfish Island (Whenua Hou).
The chicks were hand-raised in Invercargill because enough rimu fruit had ripened on the island, but the last four were ferried back to the island yesterdaymorning.
Kakapo recovery team leader Deidre Vercoe said the 90-day-old chicks would spend up to six weeks in temporary outdoor pens while they weaned off the hand-rearing food and on to natural vegetation.
Each would then be fitted with a tracking transmitter and slowly introduced into the wild in small groups around the island.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 9:58 
Tiaho the Kakapo being treated at Massey University. Photo: Massey University.Vets hope a young Kakapo being treated at the Massey University Wildlife Ward can be returned to the wild next week. Five-month-old Tiaho was one of 24 chicks hand-reared from the 34 born this year. There are only 124 Kakapo left in the world at present.
Strigops habroptilus - Kakapo | in Conservation, Disease, Research 
