4 Sep 2024

Species thought to be native to NZ arrived from Australia

From Morning Report, 8:55 am on 4 September 2024

New research has found some species long thought to be native to New Zealand - including kiwi, takahe and moa - actually arrived from Australia just a few million years ago. Canterbury Museum's Senior Curator of Natural History Dr Paul Scofield spoke to Corin Dann.