PERCY, THE NON-RUGBY-PLAYING KIWI, left Auckland the other day to take up residence in the London Zoo. Percy (later named Ngapuhi) made the trip by Pan-American Clipper. A gift from New Zealand to the Zoological Society of Britain, this kiwi was rescued from a bush fire at Kara, near Whangarei, and the Northland school children took a special interest in him. Phil Shone, 1ZB's breakfast session announcer, was on the spot to record the kiwi's departure, and in the photograph (above) he is seen with R. W. Roach, Director of the Auckland Zoo, and other helpers, giving Ngapuhi his last meal of worms before being tucked into his travelling crate. Ngapuhi had with him enough worms to see him as far as Honolulu, where arrangements had been made for him to stretch his legs in a grassy run and supplement his diet by natural feeding. On arrival in America he spent some time at a worm farm before pushing on to London.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 743, 9 October 1953, Page 25
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162PERCY, THE NON-RUGBY-PLAYING KIWI, left Auckland the other day to take up residence in the London Zoo. Percy (later named Ngapuhi) made the trip by Pan-American Clipper. A gift from New Zealand to the Zoological Society of Britain, this kiwi was rescued from a bush fire at Kara, near Whangarei, and the Northland school children took a special interest in him. Phil Shone, 1ZB's breakfast session announcer, was on the spot to record the kiwi's departure, and in the photograph (above) he is seen with R. W. Roach, Director of the Auckland Zoo, and other helpers, giving Ngapuhi his last meal of worms before being tucked into his travelling crate. Ngapuhi had with him enough worms to see him as far as Honolulu, where arrangements had been made for him to stretch his legs in a grassy run and supplement his diet by natural feeding. On arrival in America he spent some time at a worm farm before pushing on to London. New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 743, 9 October 1953, Page 25
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