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Web conferences and kōkako experts

Web conference 1

CORE Education · LEARNZ Kokako podcast 1 of 3

The following questions from Ilam School and Korokoro School are answered by Clare St Pierre and Dave Bryden:

Questions from Ilam School

  1. When and where do the kōkako sleep?
  2. How many and what sort of predators were there before they took the kōkako off and how many birds did they take away from Pirongia.
  3. We saw different coloured bands on the kōkakos’ legs. What do the different colours mean and how do you monitor them?
  4. We saw an image of a kōkako on a hinau tree and read about them eating the big berries from the tawa tree. What other trees and parts of trees do they eat?
  5. What is the mist net made out of and how do you make sure the birds don’t get hurt when they are captured?

Questions from Korokoro School

  1. If you release kōkako chicks, do the adult birds try to hurt them or do they adopt them?
  2. How many kōkako are you hoping to find and how will you find them, what methods do you use to track?
  3. Have you used this method of translocation on any other species of bird, did it work?
  4. When you are relocating birds from one area to another, how do you make sure that the bird you are taking in is healthy even if it looks healthy?
  5. How do you keep an eye on the kōkako to make sure they are okay?

Web conference 2

CORE Education · LEARNZ Kokako Podcast 2 of 3

The following questions from North Street School are answered by Clare St Pierre:

  1. Why did the kōkako become extinct in the South Island, but not the North Island? Jade
  2. If the South Island kōkako was rediscovered would there be a breeding programme for it? Charlotte
  3. Why do Europeans call the kōkako the blue wattled or orange crow? Jade
  4. How many kōkako are left in total in New Zealand? Chayse
  5. Will the kokako develop to be flightless? Logun
  6. Are there more bird predators in the South Island compared to the North Island? Isobel
  7. We live in Feilding which is the Manawatu- how can we get kōkako here?
  8. Why are kōkako more often heard than seen?
  9. What have been your biggest threats/problems with trying to help the kōkako survive?
  10. Would you like us to run a sausage sizzle to help raise money to save these birds, or do you get funding for this?

Web conference 3

CORE Education · LEARNZ Kokako Podcast 3 of 3

The following questions from Karori Normal School and Cambridge East School are answered by Clare St Pierre:

Questions from Karori Normal School

  1. What will you do to the habitat: are you going to plant the trees that kōkako like?
  2. How will you protect the kōkako and their eggs from predators?
  3. How much will it cost and where does the money come from? Which organisations will help?
  4. How will you track them once they are back in their habitat?
  5. Are you sure that the South Island kokako can't be brought back?

Questions from Cambridge East School

  1. As we live close to Mt Pirongia what is it that we can do to help? - Regan
  2. Will the kōkako be okay with the other birds that live on Mt.Pirongia? - Analise
  3. What native plants are best for the kōkako to live in? - Kush
  4. Is it okay to feed banana to the kōkako even though it is not their natural diet? - Emma
  5. How can we protect the kōkako if we go to visit Mt Pirongia? - Malakai.

Meet Clare St Pierre

Clare chairs the community group returning kōkako to Mt Pirongia - More.

Meet Dave Bryden

Dave is a conservation ecologist - More.

Meet John Innes

Dave is a scientist working with kōkako - More.

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