Kiwis urged to record calls of endangered wetland bird
Holidaymakers are being asked to do a little homework this long weekend to help one of New Zealand's endangered birds. Labour weekend happens to coincide with the start of the mating season for the often secretive Australasian Bittern, or matuku-hurepo. It means its distinctive booming calls will be a little more prevalent around wetlands in the coming weeks. There are fewer than a thousand left in the wild. So conservation group Love Bittern is asking for Kiwis to put aside a couple of hours to listen out for it and record what they hear. Love Bittern's Wendy Ambury spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
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