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Thread: Is that a pukeko or a Takahe Oooops!

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  1. 21-08-2015, 08:51 PM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by kiwijames View Post
    It was a founding member of NZDA who found them (again) so lets just call this square?

    Yes, sadly ironic isn't it, 'Doc' Orbell, one of the founders of NZDA in 1937, rediscovered the Takahe in 1948.

    He'd be turning in his grave..

    All that hard work done by volunteers gone to waste.....tragic

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    Quote Originally Posted by shift14 View Post
    Yes, sadly ironic isn't it, 'Doc' Orbell, one of the founders of NZDA in 1937, rediscovered the Takahe in 1948.

    He'd be turning in his grave..

    All that hard work done by volunteers gone to waste.....tragic

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    Actually, the fellow that discovered the Takahe was Edgar Williams. He told Orbell where they were and Orbell , being s "scientist" went and "officially re-discovered them.
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