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We just had a kaka fly down to our Nikau palm in our garden. I'm surprised and thought they weren't around Auckland

Thanks for advising of your sighting Toby.
In the Auckland region, Kaka breed at Tawharanui Regional Park, in the Hunua ranges, on Aotea/Great Barrier Island & on Huaturu/Little Barrier Island. Outside of the breeding season, Kaka disperse widely across the Auckland region & often travel south into the Waikato. Places that have recently been seen around Auckland include the Waitakere Ranges, Awhitu Peninsula, Pukekohe, Oratia, Titirangi, Waiheke Island, Cornwall Park & Birkenhead. We encourage people to log any sightings into the New Zealand Bird Atlas, as Kaka are generally rare in Auckland & we would very much like to gain a better understanding of their distribution & numbers.
Cheers
Ian McLean
(Auckland Regional Representative for Birds New Zealand)

I've just seen two kaka fly into Fernglen Gardens in Birkenhead