Hatched on 2/3/90 Wellington Zoo
Parents wild caught Kaikohe R-29301 (male) and Ruatahuna R-29302 (female).
Hybrid Northland / East provenance.
Spent nearly 3 years at Mt. Bruce as a juvenile, mainly in the nocturnal house. Transferred to Whangarei (Northland Regional Museum as it was then called) on 19/4/93. As far as we know he has spent most, or all, of the time here in our nocturnal house.
I did find a reference to a female being put with him in the nocturnal house at one point, but I haven’t found any information on the outcome. It would have been early in his stay here, pre 1997. Removed from the nocturnal house in April 2006, and transferred to Pukaha Mt. Bruce by air in June.
Released end of June 2006.
Photos available of Kakama in the wild 6 days out when I went to visit. Stayed around the stream for quite a while, but has now moved uphill and seems to have established a territory. 2 females are in the area, but pairing currently unconfirmed.
