Cover: An historic breakthrough in kakapo breeding occurred on Little Barrier Island in February when three chicks hatched — the first to survive since 1981. The chick in the photo — as yet unsexed and un- named — was hatched weighing 27 grams. 26 days later, when the photo was taken, it weighed 723 grams, and by early May was an impressive 1.6 kg. It appears one of the keys to raising healthy chicks is the same diet that induced the adults to breed — nuts, apples, kumara — which mother John Girl assiduously fed her vulnerable nestling. Photo: Rod Morris courtesy of DOC.

Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 2, 1 May 1991, Cover Page

Cover: An historic breakthrough in kakapo breeding occurred on Little Barrier Island in February when three chicks hatched — the first to survive since 1981. The chick in the photo — as yet unsexed and unnamed — was hatched weighing 27 grams. 26 days later, when the photo was taken, it weighed 723 grams, and by early May was an impressive 1.6 kg. It appears one of the keys to raising healthy chicks is the same diet that induced the adults to breed — nuts, apples, kumara — which mother John Girl assiduously fed her vulnerable nestling. Photo: Rod Morris courtesy of DOC.