- Conservation status
- In serious trouble
Our most exquisitely perfumed bird. It’s like its feathers have been dipped in a musky array of essential oils that could come straight from a Middle Eastern perfumier. We’re all cheering as it waddles back from the brink of extinction. The kākāpō was even endorsed by Stephen Fry.
Campaign Manager
Meridian Energy
Meridian has been proud national partner of the Kākāpō Recovery Programme since 2016 and want to see the Bird of the Year crown back in New Zealand and nestled ever so gently back on a kākāpō's head.
Kākāpō are true icons – once thought to be extinct, after a lot of hard mahi, there are now 247 known birds. They're nocturnal, can't fly, chonky and a little bit clumsy, which adds up to being completely loveable.
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