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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
Published: 1 February 2019,Updated: 1 February 2019Size: 1.7 MB