26 Oct 2022

Kākā making return to Taranaki

From Morning Report, 7:55 am on 26 October 2022

There's a mystery in the air in Taranaki. 

It's many years since the distinctive calls of the cheeky native parrot, kākā,  have been heard in New Plymouth.

But the bird is back - and the flash of their red-orange underwing and crimson belly-plumage has been spotted in parks and on suburban streets.

The mystery is - where have they come from?

Taranaki Whanganui reporter Robin Martin has more.