Takahē and moho

Ewan Grant-Mackie – a 2006 New Zealand Science, Maths and Technology teacher fellow – compared DNA barcodes of swamphens from...

Scientifically, takahē have been something of a mystery. For several decades, it was assumed that takahē were extinct in both...

Takahē once lived throughout Te Waipounamu South Island. Māori reported that their night cry sounded like the striking of two...

Takahē are one of New Zealand’s conservation success stories. Their conservation status has moved from extinct to nationally vulnerable in...

The takahē is a large, flightless bird – the largest living rail bird in the world. Rails are a family...