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Kākāpō Files II 18 | Good Kākāpō Things Take Time
Kākāpō Files II 18 | Good Kākāpō Things Take Time

Season 7 Episode 18

Six months after this record-breaking kākāpō breeding season began, all 91 living chicks have fledged and left the nest. The chicks remain with their…

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Kākāpō Files II 17 | Kākāpō Adoption Birds
Kākāpō Files II 17 | Kākāpō Adoption Birds

Season 7 Episode 17

Half of the chicks from this record-breaking kākāpō breeding season have fledged and left their nests for good, but are still being fed by their mums…

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Kākāpō Files II 16 | Kākāpō Chicks Growing Up
Kākāpō Files II 16 | Kākāpō Chicks Growing Up

Season 7 Episode 16

The tally of confirmed living kākāpō chicks goes down with two further deaths, but gets a welcome boost with the confirmation of a living chick in a …

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Kākāpō Files II 15 | Kākāpō Island Diary
Kākāpō Files II 15 | Kākāpō Island Diary

Season 7 Episode 15

Alison Ballance spends a week on Whenua Hou/Codfish Island, one of three kākāpō breeding islands. She follows rangers from DOC’s Kākāpō Recovery Prog…

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Kākāpō Files II 14 | Biggest Kākāpō Breeding Season
Kākāpō Files II 14 | Biggest Kākāpō Breeding Season

Season 7 Episode 14

DOC’s Kākāpō Recovery Programme says that the 2026 kākāpō breeding season is officially the biggest on record, and that all chicks have now hatched. …

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Kākāpō Files II 13 | Kākāpō Birth Notices
Kākāpō Files II 13 | Kākāpō Birth Notices

Season 7 Episode 13

DOC’s Kākāpō Recovery Programme is thrilled to announce the births of 101 kākāpō chicks, with a few more fertile eggs expected to hatch over the next…

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Kākāpō Files II 12 | Lots of Kākāpō Babies
Kākāpō Files II 12 | Lots of Kākāpō Babies

Season 7 Episode 12

The number of kākāpō chicks has climbed to 54, with plenty more fertile eggs still to hatch on Whenua Hou and Pukenui/Anchor Island. Remote monitorin…

3 months ago

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Kākāpō Files II 11 | Kākāpō Baby Boom
Kākāpō Files II 11 | Kākāpō Baby Boom

Season 7 Episode 11

Fourteen kākāpō chicks have hatched in wild nests, where they are being cared for by mums and foster mums. More than a hundred viable fertile eggs ha…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

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Kākāpō Files II 10 | The First Chick
Kākāpō Files II 10 | The First Chick

Season 7 Episode 10

The first chick of the 2026 kākāpō breeding season has successfully hatched on Pukenui/Anchor Island. DOC’s Kākāpō Recovery Programme reports that Ti…

3 months, 4 weeks ago

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Kākāpō Files II 09 | Nesting Time
Kākāpō Files II 09 | Nesting Time

Season 7 Episode 9

Almost 90% of adult female kākāpō of breeding age have mated so far this breeding season, and two thirds of those are nesting. Some birds have alread…

4 months ago

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