The hatching of the first eggs of a critically endangered species of seabird on the Chatham Islands is being heralded as a major milestone for the bird's conservation.
The Chatham Islands taiko (magenta petrel) is one of the world's rarest seabird species, with only 14 known breeding pairs in the predator-free environment in Sweetwater Conservation Covenant.
All 57 known taiko chicks were transferred to Sweetwater between 2007 and 2011.
Sweetwater is a 2.4 hectare forest protected by an 800-metre predator-proof fence on private land owned by Bruce and Liz Tuanui, who covenanted the land for taiko conservation in 2004.
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