Takahe Resources

Takahe Resources

Web Links and Contacts

Department of Conservation (DoC)
www.doc.govt.nz/cons/native/takahe.htm Takahe Fact Sheet
www.doc.govt.nz/cons/native/tstp.htm Threatened Species Trust helping the takahe
Look in the blue government section at the front of your telephone book to find the DoC office nearest you, or check www.doc.govt.nz/about/contact.htm

Friends of Tiritiri Matangi Island http://www.123.co.nz/tiri/

Forest and Bird. (see details bottom of page)

Mt Bruce Wildlife Centre www.mtbruce.doc.govt.nz/takahefs.htm Takahe Fact Sheet

Forest and Bird Magazine Articles

November 1986 – Captive rearing of takahe
August 1994 - Takahe the road to recovery
November 1994 – Tiritiri, 10 years on
August 1995 – New support for takahe (Flight Centre sponsorship)
May 2000 – Takahe in the wild

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Books

Rare and Endangered New Zealand Birds. By Peter Gaze. Published by Canterbury University Press, 1994.

Takahe. By Jenny Jones. Published by Heinemann Education, 1997.

Takahe. By Roger Lavers and Jim Mills. Published by John McIndoe, 1984.

Takahe: Lost and Found. By Andrew Crowe and Peter Campbell. Published by Heinemann Primary, 1997.

The Singing Island. The Story of Tiritiri Matangi. By Lynette and Geoff Moon. Published by Random House, 1998.

Saving New Zealand’s Endangered Birds. By Rod Morris and Hal Smith. Published by Random House, 1995.

Videos

Project Takahe. Duration 30 mins. Natural History New Zealand Ltd. Contact sales@wildsouth.co.nz www.wildsouth.co.nz or www.naturalhistory.co.nz

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