All Meet the Locals videos
In this video you'll meet one of New Zealand's best conservation ambassadors, the charismatic and curious kākāpō named Sirocco. There are only around 100 kākāpō left in the world; find out what makes them so special.
Weighing in as the world's heaviest parrot, the kākāpō is also one of the most endangered. Find out how DOC is working to save the only flightless parrot in the world.
Learn about how DOC have brought the kākāpō back from the brink of extinction. Nic talks to Don Merton about how we're saving one of the world's rarest parrots.
Join Mark Carwardine as he travels New Zealand. In this video he meets the yellow-eyed penguin near Dunedin, the tuatara in Invercargill, the albatross, robin, saddleback and kiwi on Stewart Island, and reminisces about his good friend Sirocco the kākāpō.
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