As might be expected from an exceedingly promiscuous species, kākāpō males can get bolshie. Some immature males are a particular menace, bossing females as they try to feed and interfering with nests. That’s one reason four kākāpō that recently made an historic but slightly risky return to mainland Aotearoa were young males.
They arrived at Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari near Cambridge in July with the blessing of
