Keeping fit and the forest alive

May 2012

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May 2012

The swarm of introduced predators munching New Zealand’s native flora and fauna have inadvertently spawned what could be the country’s most patriotic form of outdoor recreation. Josh Gale talks with two volunteers who tramp off-track to dispatch pests, but also for the love of it One morning Jenny Waite was tracking kokako through dense bush […]
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