From the TVNZ website;
This week's Country Calendar profiles Canterbury's Roger Beattie, who is an intriguing mix of conservationist and businessman.
He's passionate about endangered species, but his methods may raise a few eyebrows.
For years he has been breeding a rare species of weka on land he owns near Tai Tapu and on Banks Peninsula. He wants to see them multiply - but his long term goal is to harvest the birds commercially and make them available for the nation's dinner plates.
Read the rest of the article and view the programme (NZ viewers only) at
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/497100/2049748
