Karl du Fresne: Never heard of the puteketeke? Me neither

Has there ever been a more absurd and contrived hullabaloo than the one over New Zealand’s so-called Bird of the Century?

The tiresome attention-seeker John Oliver – a man who manages to irritate in the same way yappy small dogs do – must have been rubbing his hands with delight at the way the New Zealand media obligingly lapped up his hijacking of Forest and Bird’s competition.

John Bell: Letter to Forest and Bird

Jess Winchester
Forest & Bird
WELLINGTON

Dear Jess

Membership Renewal

Thank you for your recent mailing with advice that my membership is due for annual renewal.

Sadly, after more than 40 years of membership of Forest & Bird, I must advise that I can no longer remain as a member.

This is not because of straightened circumstances, nor because of any lessening in my concern for the protection of New Zealand’s native flora and fauna.