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Haurongo: Merton, Donald Vincent

Liberating tīeke

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Two men bending over enclosed crates in a bush setting, opening holes in the crates to enable birds to climb out.

Tīeke (North Island saddleback) being liberated by Don Merton (left) and Bob Simpson on Cuvier Island in August 1970.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Department of Conservation

by Dick Veitch

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Alison Ballance. 'Merton, Donald Vincent', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2022. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/47673/liberating-tieke (accessed 4 June 2026).