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Aug 2024
4m 18s

Bird of the Year returns for 2024

RNZ
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US talkshow host John Oliver, led an aggressive campaign to carry the Puteketeke to a landslide win in last year's Bird of the Century competition. The bird also known as the Australasian Crested Grebe captured nearly 300,000 votes from 190 countries - although some local feathers were ruffled - attributing the result to foreign interference. Forest and ... Show More
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