In footage from the show, Mr Jones apologised for disrespecting the country by eating the bird. “It was shortsighted ... The killing and consumption of a weka, a protected species, happened ...

The North Island weka population is booming in the Bay of Plenty. Numbers are growing and the birds are becoming more common ...

“For example, weka are able to access DoC series traps ... that they are the most frequently caught of our small forest birds. “However, as they are highly susceptible to being killed by ...

A decline in population of one of New Zealand’s most iconic native birds - the weka - is rapidly reversing on a North Island farm. The bird’s numbers, which are estimated to have doubled at ...

“For example, weka are able to access DoC series traps ... that they are the most frequently caught of our small forest birds. “However, as they are highly susceptible to being killed by ...