New Zealand’s bright green parrot – the kakariki – has won this year’s Forest & Bird poll for Bird of the Year. [kakariki.jpg]A record-breaking 21,223 votes were cast in the poll, which quickly became ...

Kakariki, or red-crowned parakeets, are the latest addition to the open sanctuary at Tawharanui Regional Park. These birds, which haven’t been seen on the Auckland mainland for around a century, will ...

You can see the cheerful, chattering kakariki on pest-free islands. Photo / Luis Ortiz Catedral Imagine a world without the colour green: green in all its shades, mossy, lime, dark leafy green.

Birdsong in the Bay of Islands is set to increase with the expected return of kakariki after an absence of more than 30 years. "These beautiful bright green native parakeets were once plentiful but ...

The sound of kakariki chirping could be heard amongst the other animals at Natureland as a flock of the native parrots made themselves at home in a purpose built aviary. Natureland Wildlife Trust is ...

A critically endangered New Zealand parakeet known as kakariki karaka has seen its numbers surge thanks to a pair of super breeders now responsible for more than 10 percent of the total population.