Alison Ballance

Takahe are 'strange and wonderful avian beasts', big purple-blue birds with a striking red beak and legs. Once thought extinct, they were famously rediscovered in 1946 by Invercargill doctor Geoffrey Orbell, who found a small population living in a remote valley in the Murchison Mountains of Fiordland. In this book, Alison Ballance charts the history of the Takahe Recovery Programme,...

Kakapo: Rescued from the Brink of Extinction by Alison Ballance is a deeply engaging and inspiring narrative that charts the dramatic journey of one of the world’s most unusual and endearing birds. This comprehensive and up-to-date edition transports readers through the tragic decline and heartening recovery efforts of the Kakapo, a parrot species native to New Zealand that has faced...