Loading Docs 2017 - Ajax the Kea Conservation Dog

Web (Full Length) – 2017

In New Zealand, the kea is one of many native animals facing extinction. Through this documentary, filmed in the kea’s natural habitat of the beautiful South Island, we want to show that this cheeky bird and New Zealand icon must be saved.
– Director Michael Weatherall

The unique relationship Corey has with Ajax, who he has trained since a puppy to follow him into the wild New Zealand outdoors and seek out kea, exemplifies those who wish to save this bird: dedicated, passionate, and determined.
– Director Michael Weatherall

People are really shocked when you tell them that there are less kea than there are kiwis...
– Kea conservationist Corey Mosen

It's really sad when you come across a kea nest that you've been monitoring and watching the chicks grow, and all of a sudden you get there and they're gone. You know they haven't fledged because it's too early for the chicks, and you know that they've been predated by some pest. Yeah, it gets you down.
– Kea conservationist Corey Mosen