18 Sep 2017

Saving rare seabirds from the brink of extinction

From Nine To Noon, 10:07 am on 18 September 2017

White-faced Storm Petrel in burrow. Credit: Adrien Lambrechts

Cook's Petrel chick in burrow with fresh down. Credit: Karen Bourgeois

Grey-faced Petrel. Credit: DOC

Cook's Petrel. Credit: Martin Berg

Cook's Petrel. Credit: Martin Berg

Buller's shearwater. Credit: Martin Berg

NZ Storm Petrel at sea. Credit: Martin Berg

Fluttering Shearwater. Credit: Martin Berg

Black Petrel. Credit: Richie Robinson

White-faced Storm Petrel. Credit: Martin Berg

Black Petrel. Credit: Martin Berg

Dr Andre Raine. Kauai Endangered Seabird Recovery Project

An image of a Radar Screen while surveying. The dotted lines represent seabirds in flight.

Kauai Endangered Seabird Recovery Project. Landing zone at Upper Limahuli. Photo by Andre Raine

NZSP Pelagodroma marina maoriana Hauraki Gulf. Credit Martin Berg

Dr Andre Raine is an American conservationist who's been honoured as a bird saviour for his work with three critically endangered seabirds in Hawaii: the Newell's shearwater, the Hawaiian petrel, and the band-rumped storm petrel.

He's been in New Zealand for the Hauraki Gulf Marine Forum's annual public seminar, 'Taking Flight' to highlight the value of our own sea birds, 90 per cent of which are at risk of extinction.

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