- Conservation status
- In serious trouble
Who says you need arms to climb almighty rock stacks? The Eastern rockhopper tackles rock mountains with the determination and grit of Hillary. Its population has declined by 30% in the past 30 years, so it needs your support for survival!
Campaign Manager
Christina Hulbe
We're a whānau campaign with shallow pockets but a lot of attitude. After years of backing charismatic over-achievers, we've gone to the dark side and are backing the hākoakoa and the whole skua fam.
Bird books say we’re "large, noisy and aggressive”, to which we say: “you got a problem with that”? Somebody’s got to clean up the carcasses and sort the weak from the strong.
Our top predator status gets us in trouble with humans – directly and through their negative effects on our prey. You could say we’re evolution’s concierge. You could say we’re flexible foragers with a complicated backstory. But with crashing population and weak protection, you’ve got to say we’re a bird in serious trouble.
This year, no more Mr Nice Bird. Vote for the bird who gets the job done. Vote hākoakoa for Bird of the Year.
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