Skip to main content

Story: Conservation – a history

Kākāpō chicks

Image
Kākāpō chicks

Richard Henry worked hard to relocate and protect kākāpō on Resolution Island, which was made a bird sanctuary in 1891. He photographed these chicks about 1900.

Using this item

Hocken Collections, University of Otago

Permission of the Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hakena, University of Otago, must be obtained before any re-use of this image. Further information may be obtained from the Library through its website.

All images & media in this story

How to cite this page

Simon Nathan, Conservation – a history – Voices in the wilderness, 1769–1907, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/13910/kakapo-chicks (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Simon Nathan, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 August 2015.