Wet winter cancels kokako's big move...

[Nic Vallance]

The call of the kokako will not be heard in a Waikato forest this year because of the wetter-than-normal winter.

Parts of the region received about 150 per cent of the normal rainfall.

This caused problems for farmers and landowners, but it also means 10 pairs of kokako will have to wait until next year to be moved from Pureora Forest Park to Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust, near Cambridge.

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