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Feeding takahē chicks

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Feeding takahē chicks

Elwyn Welch and Gordon Williams feed takahē chicks being moved from Takahē Valley. Because of concern about the survival of the chicks in Fiordland, several were caught and secretly transferred to Mt Bruce in the Wairapapa.

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Simon Nathan, Conservation – a history – Saving native birds, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/13929/feeding-takahe-chicks (accessed 25 June 2026).

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