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Meet the Locals: Conservation Week Special

Television (Full Length Episode) – 2009

Because the island we're taking the chicks back to is completely pest-free, it's vital that visitors don't accidentally bring seeds or pests over in their luggage. Everything has to be washed with antiseptic and checked, and I mean everything.
– Presenter Nicola Vallance (née Toki) disinfects her bra before travelling to Codfish Island (Whenua Hou).
It's been a cracker year for kākāpō. Their precarious population has doubled since the recovery programme launched in 1995.
– Presenter Nicola Vallance (née Toki), in 2009