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Meet the Locals: Kōkako
Television (Full Length Episode) – 2007
They're one of the really old New Zealand birds; they've been here for millions of years. They grew up with the forest and because they couldn't cope with rats and possums, we almost lost them.– Department of Conservation staffmember Tony Silbury explains the history of the kōkako
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