In 2024, news broke about the successful reintroduction of the takahē, a beautiful prehistoric bird, back into the wild.

These sanctuaries have been pivotal in reducing the threats that once devastated takahe populations, such as predation by introduced mammals like stoats and habitat destruction due to land clearance.

Tūmai Cassidy from Ngāi Tahu, the principal Māori tribe of the South Island, says that “They’re almost prehistoric looking. Seen from the front, their bodies can seem almost perfectly round. With ...

Two flightless takahe were released at a New Zealand sanctuary in the latest effort to stop some of the world's rarest birds becoming extinct. The pair, Waitaa and Bendigo, sprinted out of their ...