The Bird Collection
A menagerie of cute creatures take their turn in the spotlight in NZ On Screen's Bird Collection. Beloved avian stars (kiwi, kea, kākāpō) share the screen with clumsy penguins, survival stories, and tales of species that are sadly no longer with us. Writer/actor Elisabeth Easther edited the book Bird Words; in this backgrounder, she picks out some highlights from the collection, and makes clear why birdwatching is a thing of joy.
Meet the Locals: Sirocco the Kākāpō
Television, 2007 (Full Length Episode)
Loading Docs 2018 - Kārearea
Web, 2018 (Full Length)
Meet the Locals: Treble Cone Vandals
Television, 2007 (Full Length)
Birdland - First Episode
Television, 2009 (Full Length Episode)
In Search of the Moa
Television, 2002 (Full Length)
Grandma
Television, 1990 (Full Length)
Loading Docs 2017 - Ajax the Kea Conservation Dog
Web, 2017 (Full Length)
Country Calendar - A Bird in the Hand
Television, 2011 (Full Length Episode)
Air New Zealand - Birds
Commercial, 1996 (Full Length)
Goodnight Kiwi
Television, 1981–1994 (Full Length)
The Edge of Extinction
Television, 1976 (Full Length)
Tales from Te Papa - Who Killed the Huia?
Television, 2010 (Full Length Episode)
Tales from Te Papa - The Tale of the Hakawai
Television, 2011 (Full Length Episode)
Meet the Locals: Conservation Week Special
Television, 2009 (Full Length Episode)
Meet the Locals: Kōkako
Television, 2007 (Full Length Episode)
Legend of Birds
Short Film, 1962 (Full Length)
Tales from Te Papa - Albatross
Television, 2009 (Full Length Episode)
Royal Albatross
Short Film, 1980 (Full Length)
Seven Black Robins
Television, 1981 (Full Length)
The Robin's Return
Television, 1982 (Full Length Episode)
The Black Robin - A Chatham Island Story
Television, 1989 (Full Length)
The Black Stilt
Television, 1983 (Full Length)
Pecking Order
Film, 2017 (Trailer and Excerpts)
The Underwatermelon Man - The Hide and Seeky Bird
Short Film, 2006 (Excerpts)
The Unnatural History of the Kākāpō
Film, 2009 (Excerpts)
Kākāpō - Night Parrot
Television, 1982 (Full Length)
The Big Gull - Karoro
Short Film, 1978 (Full Length)
Kea - Mountain Parrot
Television, 1993 (Full Length)
The Prince of Nosey-Parkers
Television, 1972 (Full Length)
Kiwi - A Natural History
Television, 1991 (Full Length)
Who's Killing the Kiwi
Television, 1997 (Full Length)
New Zealand Mirror No. 1 - New Zealand Birds / Rotorua's Natural Heat
Short Film, 1950 (Full Length)
Song of Protest
Television, 1986 (Full Length Episode)
Kōtuku
Short Film, 1954 (Full Length)
Bird of a Single Flight
Short Film, 1969 (Full Length)
The Mighty Moa
Television, 1998 (Full Length)
Landscape - Muttonbirders
Television, 1969 (Full Length)
Emperors of Antarctica
Television, 1992 (Full Length)
Looking at New Zealand - The Fight to Save the Saddleback
Television, 1968 (Full Length Episode)
Project Takahē
Television, 1981 (Full Length Episode)
Weekly Review No. 437 - Ornithology ... Notornis Expedition
Short Film, 1950 (Full Length)
The Early Bird Show - Excerpts
Television, 1991 (Excerpts)
Kāpiti Hono Tātati Hono - My Island, My Home
Television, 2007 (Full Length)
Island of Spirits
Television, 1973 (Full Length)
Ghosts of Gondwana
Television, 2001 (Full Length)
Open Door - Whangārei Native Bird Recovery Centre
Television, 2007 (Full Length)
Open Door - Wingspan
Television, 2012 (Full Length Episode)
Nightclub
Fatcat & Fishface, Music Video, 2010
Wildlife of the Mountains
Short Film, 1958 (Full Length)
Hidden Places: Ōkārito
Television, 1978 (Full Length)
Wild South - Sanctuary
Television, 1990 (Full Length)
Moa's Ark : To the Lifeboats
Television, 1990 (Full Length)
Journeys Across Latitude 45 South (part four) - Atawhenua Shadowland
Television, 1985 (Full Length Episode)