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
11001-82112 Black robin, or kakaruia (Petroica traversi) during the black robin transfers of September 1976, Dick Veitch passes the robin transfer crate (in a small wooden box strapped to his pack) to Don Merton who has climbed into the rubber inflatable. Boat-handler Rodney Russ holds the boat in position at the foot of the cliffs of Little Mangere *
