Stop hunting kereru, Conservation Board pleads

The Northland Conservation Board is urging hunters to stop illegal poaching of kereru/kukupa, New Zealand’s native wood pigeon.

The kereru has absolutely protected status under the Wildlife Act, and restrictions on shooting the native pigeons have been in place since 1864.

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