Author(s): Rod Morris; Hal Smith

NZ Natural History | Secondhand

This book tells the story of the fight for survival of this unique bird life in New Zealand- of Old Blue, the black robin who saved the species, and Don Merton, the Wildlife Service Officer, who helped her; the departure of the now extinct Stewart Island snipe and of Stead's bush wren; te precarious survival of the rare night parrot, the kakapo; the dedication of Lance Richdale, the man who lived with penguins; Geoffrey Orbell, who rediscovered the takahe