People and Nature

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

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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

82024 Black robin kakaruia Petroica traversi scientist J.A.Douglas Flack Little Mangere research transfer