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Community
People + Birds Around the World
Category
Bibliographic reference, Educational materials, Other (use keywords), Oceania, Feathers, Conservation, Lessons learned, Culture, Sacred/ divine/ spirit world, Teachings, Proper conduct, Political/ rights & responsibilities, Related to UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Personal narratives, Hunting/ collecting, Historical
Summary
Jay Ruka's book 'Huia Come Home' is a landmark: a balm for healing the scars left by the history of colonialism and conservation seen through the eyes of Iwi - the first people in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Community
People + Birds Around the World, Cahow Community
Category
Oceania, Eggs & nests, Markers of environ. change, Conservation, Success stories, Stewardship, Lessons learned, Crucial habitat threats/ needs, Stories, Proper conduct, Personal narratives, Oral histories, Historical
Summary
As a schoolboy on Bermuda in 1951 David Wingate was invited on an ornithological expedition. In these recordings he describes how they rediscovered the Cahow, or Bermuda Petrel, previously thought extinct for 300 years.