• July 2026
  • 30 Jul 2026 Six new encounter reports we love 30 Jul 2026
  • 23 Jul 2026 Autumn search expedition report 2 - Tasman to Southland via the West Coast 23 Jul 2026
  • 9 Jul 2026 Autumn search expedition report 1 - Heaphy 9 Jul 2026
  • 8 Jul 2026 Spotlight on WildMon - advancing biodiversity monitoring around the world 8 Jul 2026
• March 2026
  • 26 Mar 2026 Statistical modelling provides cautious optimism 26 Mar 2026
  • 26 Mar 2026 One exceptional old report of an encounter 26 Mar 2026
  • 23 Mar 2026 Recent encounter reports of note 23 Mar 2026
• November 2025
  • 13 Nov 2025 In lieu of Christmas gifts 13 Nov 2025
  • 4 Nov 2025 South Westland and South Otago encounter follow up road trip 4 Nov 2025
  • 3 Nov 2025 Latest encounter reports to follow up 3 Nov 2025
• October 2025
  • 22 Oct 2025 Exciting news - we have merch!! 22 Oct 2025
• July 2025
  • 10 Jul 2025 One 'Probable' and several 'Possible' encounters with the South Island kōkako in recent months 10 Jul 2025
• February 2025
  • 21 Feb 2025 Hunters we need your help 21 Feb 2025
• November 2024
  • 27 Nov 2024 "A remarkable new search tool" - NZ Geo 27 Nov 2024
  • 26 Nov 2024 T-shirt draw - we have a winner! 26 Nov 2024
  • 19 Nov 2024 Latest encounter reports from Tasman to Southland 19 Nov 2024
• June 2024
  • 25 Jun 2024 A note on kōkako-like calls 25 Jun 2024
  • 21 Jun 2024 Science update - DNA, bioacoustics, modelling and animatronics 21 Jun 2024
  • 19 Jun 2024 126 birds are lost to science 19 Jun 2024
  • 18 Jun 2024 A quiet autumn for new and promising reports 18 Jun 2024
• February 2024
  • 5 Feb 2024 Help the search with a gift in your will 5 Feb 2024
  • 5 Feb 2024 Rowallan Forest report generates great excitement 5 Feb 2024
• December 2023
  • 8 Dec 2023 "You must have seen a kōkako!"  Exciting report from The Old Ghost Road 8 Dec 2023
  • 6 Dec 2023 Sir Robert Falla and other memories 6 Dec 2023
  • 5 Dec 2023 Latest encounter reports takes reward campaign to well over 400 new reports 5 Dec 2023
• November 2023
  • 28 Nov 2023 The 24th Plate in 'Forest-Inhabiting Birds' 28 Nov 2023
  • 27 Nov 2023 Excitement from the Heaphy search team 27 Nov 2023
  • 13 Nov 2023 Found! Attenborough's Long-beaked Echidna! And a golden mole! 13 Nov 2023
• August 2023
  • 22 Aug 2023 Possibly heard and maybe seen, the search for the South Island kōkako continues 22 Aug 2023
  • 21 Aug 2023 Focus on Rhys Buckingham and 43 years of searching 21 Aug 2023
• July 2023
  • 21 Jul 2023 Balloon hut excitement and lessons learned 21 Jul 2023
• June 2023
  • 28 Jun 2023 Tasmanian tigers study and air pollution filters could help the search 28 Jun 2023
  • 28 Jun 2023 Searching continues in Kahurangi National Park 28 Jun 2023
  • 28 Jun 2023 Latest encounter reports - Five new ‘possibles’ 28 Jun 2023
  • 23 Jun 2023 Focus now on Abel Tasman and 'Loghorn Creek' 23 Jun 2023
  • 23 Jun 2023 Rowan Nicholson's three-part expedition report and mesmerizing calls 23 Jun 2023
  • 1 Jun 2023 Autumn expeditions to Abel Tasman National Park 1 Jun 2023
• May 2023
  • 15 May 2023 Nigel Babbage, 1962 - 2022 15 May 2023
  • 15 May 2023 History can guide us and the great call debate 15 May 2023
• November 2022
  • 17 Nov 2022 Ron Nilsson, 28.8.41 - 26.10.22, RIP 17 Nov 2022
  • 17 Nov 2022 Latest encounter reports still encouraging 17 Nov 2022
  • 16 Nov 2022 A glimmer of hope from the acoustic study 16 Nov 2022
• May 2022
  • 3 May 2022 How tall can they grow and other questions from Ngaio 3 May 2022
• April 2022
  • 28 Apr 2022 More on feathers - and how you can help 28 Apr 2022
  • 22 Apr 2022 Searchers see a large grey bird and then find an interesting feather ... 22 Apr 2022
  • 21 Apr 2022 1988 presentation - not much has changed 21 Apr 2022
  • 20 Apr 2022 Search updates: exciting reports from Dart River and Milford Tracks 20 Apr 2022
• February 2022
  • 10 Feb 2022 South Island kokako joins the global top 25 most wanted lost species list 10 Feb 2022
  • 8 Feb 2022 Media interest prompts 23 new reports of possible encounters 8 Feb 2022
  • 8 Feb 2022 Update on December 29th Heaphy report - we think South Island kōkako 8 Feb 2022
• January 2022
  • 28 Jan 2022 Is there a 'grey ghost' on the Old Ghost Road? 28 Jan 2022
  • 27 Jan 2022 Could moss lead us to the kokako? 27 Jan 2022
  • 20 Jan 2022 On the trail of the south island kokako on New Year’s Eve 20 Jan 2022
  • 7 Jan 2022 Another exciting report from the Heaphy Track 7 Jan 2022
  • 5 Jan 2022 South Island kokako DNA found in lake sediment - from early 19th century 5 Jan 2022
• December 2021
  • 18 Dec 2021 The new Search for Lost Birds aims to find some of the rarest birds on Earth 18 Dec 2021
  • 10 Dec 2021 The latest encounter reports at 10th December 2021 10 Dec 2021
  • 9 Dec 2021 In lieu of Christmas gifts 9 Dec 2021
  • 3 Dec 2021 Waikakaho Waikokako 3 Dec 2021
  • 2 Dec 2021 What can we do better? 2 Dec 2021
• November 2021
  • 27 Nov 2021 Update on the science ... 27 Nov 2021
  • 9 Nov 2021 About not losing hope 9 Nov 2021
• September 2021
  • 15 Sept 2021 High tech search ramps up with University input 15 Sept 2021
• August 2021
  • 27 Aug 2021 Kokako the bird - mysterious we've heard 27 Aug 2021
  • 27 Aug 2021 Can environmental DNA help find the kokako? 27 Aug 2021
  • 27 Aug 2021 Flanagan's Corner - the highest point on the Heaphy Track - is that where the South Island kokako might be surviving? 27 Aug 2021
• June 2021
  • 18 Jun 2021 ANZ Staff Foundation to the rescue! 18 Jun 2021
  • 11 Jun 2021 Is there a kokako, perhaps two, in Abel Tasman National Park? 11 Jun 2021
• April 2021
  • 1 Apr 2021 Camera monitoring seeing plenty ... but no kokako, yet 1 Apr 2021
• March 2021
  • 26 Mar 2021 Recordings prompt renewed interest in eastern Kahurangi NP 26 Mar 2021
  • 2 Mar 2021 environmental DNA update 2 Mar 2021
• December 2020
  • 18 Dec 2020 Promising new reports of possible encounters 18 Dec 2020
  • 18 Dec 2020 Technology boost for the Granville Forest search - recordings and E-DNA 18 Dec 2020
• September 2020
  • 11 Sept 2020 Older but useful encounter reports 11 Sept 2020
  • 8 Sept 2020 20 years of searching at Venture Creek and hope remains alive 8 Sept 2020
• May 2020
  • 22 May 2020 Keeping faith with an ancient friend 22 May 2020
• March 2020
  • 25 Mar 2020 32 new reports of possible encounters in the last six months 25 Mar 2020
• February 2020
  • 25 Feb 2020 200 reports of encounters with the South Island kōkako 25 Feb 2020