More frog than parrot

It can be heard up to three miles away

In a breeding season

He will boom non-stop for eight hours every night for up to three months

But a female will only respond if there are plenty of rimu seeds about

So while these birds may nest in burrows like rabbits

Unfortunately

They don't breed like them

And their numbers have dwindled dramatically

Today

Fewer than a hundred kakapo survive and precious chicks receive a helping hand

Captive rearing has helped raise the number of kakapo from just 51 in 1995

To the 91 birds alive today

They used to number in the hundreds of thousands

Today their future is truly in our hands

So is this now an empty forest Actually

The trees are under attack like never before

There's a menace lurking amongst the foliage

During the day it slumbers

But under cover of darkness

An invader is revealed