The kookaburra is a rare bird in New Zealand. The population was probably started by Sir George Grey, who released kookaburras on Kawau Island. Kookaburras are still mainly found in areas relatively close to Kawau. There were isolated sightings in Rangiora in the 1980s and Hamilton in 1994.
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Source: C. J. R. Robertson, P. Hyvönen, M. J. Fraser, and C. R. Pickard, Atlas of bird distribution in New Zealand 1999–2004. Wellington: Ornithological Society of New Zealand, 2007
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16 August 2020
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19 January 2020
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15 December 2017
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02 September 2017
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21 August 2017
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08 February 2017
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27 October 2016
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27 September 2016
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15 August 2016
Saw and photographed one in
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06 August 2016
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05 July 2016
I saw one in Wadestown,
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28 May 2016
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01 April 2016
Saw a Kookaburra on
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20 March 2016
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06 December 2015
Kookaburra sounds on Pomona
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03 December 2015
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29 November 2015
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07 November 2015
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