Pukeko are iconic to some and a pest to others, and Fish & Game is promoting the hunting and eating of the cheeky bird. Protected much of the year, pukeko can still be shot by those with a game bird ...

This pukeko chick may not be being fed by its real mother. Pukeko are often engaged in what is called multiple breeding or "joint laying". Several females may lay their eggs in the same nest with the ...

An inquiry is under way into how a cull of somewhat similar-looking pukeko birds has led to the slaughter of 5% of the wild population of takahē The head of New Zealand’s national deerstalkers’ ...

The pukeko is a New Zealand native that lives in wetlands. On a grassy slope in New Zealand, Cody Dey and his research assistant wrangle a knee-high bird. Dey grips it carefully in his lap while the ...

After working on such films as the “Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” trilogies, Weta Workshop‘s Pukeko Pictures is pairing up with Heavy Metal to adapt Image Comics‘ “Rat Queens” into an animated ...

FremantleMedia Enterprises has signed a first-look deal with Pukeko Pictures, the TV affiliate of “Lord of the Rings” production shingle Weta Workshop, to develop scripted television series. The ...

When pukeko are observed heading for higher ground, Northland iwi Ngati Wai will expect a storm and possible flooding. Photo / Amos Chapple. Buy this print on NewsPixNZ NZH-1024055 What do pukeko, ...

DOC has put an immediate halt to pukeko culling operations near threatened takahe populations after the discovery of four dead takahe on Motutapu Island in the Hauraki Gulf. An examination shows the ...

Pukeko Pictures, known for international children’s hits The WotWots and Jane and the Dragon as well as being the affiliate television company of Richard Taylor’s Weta Workshop, has today announced a ...

Veteran takahe Greg and his pukeko friend on Tiritiri Matangi. For Travel. Credit Jim Eagles The Department of Conservation has put an immediate halt to pukeko culling operations near threatened ...