Photo: Jake Osborne, DOC

On the small, bush-clad, Whenua Hou / Codfish Island preparations are underway. People and supplies are being dropped in by helicopter. Food hoppers are being filled. Transmitters are being checked. And come nighttime, a booming sound has begun to fill the air.

Anticipation is high, and building, for what may turn out to be the biggest kākāpō breeding season ever.

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Photo: Alison Ballance

"The first male who was heard booming this year was Faulkner, in late November," Alison Ballance said, having heard the news from Department of Conservation's Kākāpō Recovery Programme members, who are keeping a close eye on developments. "Faulkner is 9 years old, coming on 10.

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