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Story: Conservation – a history

Kākāpō chicks

Kākāpō chicks

Richard Henry worked hard to relocate and protect kākāpō on Resolution Island, which was made a bird sanctuary in 1891. He photographed these chicks about 1900.

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Hocken Library, University of Otago

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Simon Nathan. 'Conservation – a history', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 2-Mar-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/conservation-a-history/3/5