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Visitors warned to watch for disoriented birds in Kaikōura

1NewsRNZThe PressMonday 3 November 2025 · 3 outlets · 2 reports · updated

In this story Department of Conservation, Kaikōura Wildlife Centre Trust

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Locals and visitors in Kaikōura are being asked to look for distressed Hutton's shearwater birds that may have crash landed. The nationally vulnerable species can become disoriented by artificial lights during their current breeding season.

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First reported by 1News, Mon 3 Nov 2025, 3:30pm · 2 reports from 2 outlets over 17 hours
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    Visitors warned to watch for birds crash landing in Kaikōura (opens in new tab)

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    Crash landings at dawn: Artificial lights pose threat to nationally vulnerable bird (opens in new tab)