11001-82111 Black robin, or kakaruia (Petroica traversi) our kitchen camp on Little Mangere, while we were studying the robins. Taken on a rare sunny day in October 1973 *
11001-82024 Black robin, or kakaruia (Petroica traversi) scientist J.A.Douglas Flack at the top of the wire ladder on Little Mangere in October 1973. It was Doug's research and monitoring between 1972 and 1976 that recorded the disturbing drop to just two pairs and a few spare males, indicating the Little Mangere population was in desperate need of rescuing *
11001-82021 Black robin, or kakaruia (Petroica traversi) Dick Veitch and Don Merton climb down the cliff track on Little Mangere, after the 1976 black robin rescue