pateke
Pateke recovery news archives
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.
