Early efforts saving the takahē

Amateur ornithologist Elwyn Welch played a key role in establishing the takahē breeding programme at Pūkaha Mount Bruce National Wildlife Centre. Here, Elwyn is seen with children Rosemary and Gilston Carrol, looking at a takahē at the Welch farm Kelvin Grove at Mount Bruce.

Reference #10-119/2-22. Record #521276 from Gil Carroll Collection, with permission of Masterton District Library and Archive