Some of the Pateke project news archives 

February 2011

Another Major Boost for Fiordland’s Endangered Pateke Population

Eighty pateke/Brown Teal, New Zealand’s rarest waterfowl, are to be released into Fiordland National Park today.

The captive reared pateke are to be flown into the Arthur Valley area near Milford and released, thanks to a partnership between the Fiordland Conservation Trust and the Department of Conservation.