Takahē Release To Mark 70th Anniversary

In November, a team from the Department of Conservation and Fulton Hogan headed into the Murchison Mountains in Fiordland to release 18 juvenile takahē into the wild, marking the 70th anniversary of the takahē’s rediscovery.

Above from left: Stephen Lowe – Canterbury Regional Manager, Graeme Johnson – New Zealand CEO, Grant Sime – Dunedin Regional Manager, Glen Greaves – Senior Ranger Takahē Recovery Programme.

Click the link below to watch a video about their experience on our Fulton Hogan YouTube channel:

<a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_aL5nQaVoM&amp;feature=youtu.be”>Takahē release November 2018</a>

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