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TVNZ’s Natural History Film Unit was founded in...
A collection devoted to our feathered friends — from...
The first Wild South black robin documentary
The second black robin documentary
Another dramatic conservation story
Rod Morris also directed this award-winning bird film
Don Merton also appears in this documentary
David Bellamy pays tribute to Don Merton
Skills used in the robin's rescue were pioneered here
Fifties Film about the rediscovery of the takahē
More bird tales touching on extinction
Another dramatic rare bird story directed by Rod Morris
More award-winning natural history from Rod Morris
A documentary on the Indigenous people of the Chathams
Also directed by Rod Morris
Documentary about New Zealand's national bird
Kiwi conservation in the Coromandel
A kiwi sanctuary in the Coromandel
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