8 Nov 2022

Kākāpō pandemic mystery finally solved

From Afternoons, 1:15 pm on 8 November 2022

Research has just come out revealing what caused the 2019 Kākāpō pandemic.

It wiped out 10% of the kākāpō population, and Director of Genomics Aotearoa Professor Peter Dearden reckons it's like a detective story. He talks to Jesse about what they've uncovered.

Adult Kākāpō nest

Photo: Andrew Digby / Department of Conservation