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Biography: Welch, Elwyn Owen Arnold

Elwyn Welch and a takahē, about 1957

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Elwyn Welch crouching outdoors beside a takahē.

Known as an expert in raising endangered birds, Elwyn Welch is pictured with a takahē, a species he helped save in an elaborate plan to bring chicks out of the Murchison Mountains.

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Photograph by George A. Nikolaison

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Gareth Winter. 'Welch, Elwyn Owen Arnold', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2000, updated April 2014. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/3236/elwyn-welch-and-a-takahe-about-1957 (accessed 29 June 2026).