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
DSC_0327 Western brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) a kiwi handler attempts to remove a recently located kiwi from its underground den. Maungatautari Restoration Project *