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Kōrero: Wetland birds

Releasing whio

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Releasing whio

Two Department of Conservation staff release a family of whio (blue ducks) into a stream in the Ōpārara basin, north Westland, with the aim of slowing the species’ decline. Predator control is carried out in the surrounding area to improve the ducks’ prospects.

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Department of Conservation

Reference: 10029792

by Alan Reith

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Christina Troup, Wetland birds – Whio – blue ducks, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/14636/releasing-whio (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Christina Troup, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.