Award-winning photography of natural history, landscape, antiquity and travel throughout the world. All images © Martin Grace
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North & South Island Kakas

North Island Kaka (Nestor meridionalis ssp septentrionalis) in a native, endemic Puriri Tree (Vitex lucens), Kapiti Island, New Zealand

North Island Kaka (Nestor meridionalis ssp septentrionalis), Zealandia, Wellington, New Zealand

Colour-ringed (-banded) North Island Kaka (Nestor meridionalis ssp septentrionalis) eating provided food, Zealandia, Wellington, New Zealand

North Island Kaka (Nestor meridionalis ssp septentrionalis), Zealandia, Wellington, New Zealand

Colour-ringed (-banded) North Island Kaka (Nestor meridionalis ssp septentrionalis), Zealandia, Wellington, New Zealand

Colour-ringed (-banded) North Island Kaka (Nestor meridionalis ssp septentrionalis) eats provided food, Zealandia, Wellington, New Zealand

North Island Kaka (Nestor meridionalis ssp septentrionalis) drinking from a bottle, Zealandia, Wellington, New Zealand

South Island & Stewart Island Kaka (Nestor meridionalis ssp meridionalis), Ulva Island, Stewart Island, New Zealand

South Island & Stewart Island Kaka (Nestor meridionalis ssp meridionalis) perching in a tree, Ulva Island, New Zealand

South Island & Stewart Island Kaka (Nestor meridionalis ssp meridionalis) perching on a balcony rail, Oban, Stewart Island, New Zealand

Close-up of a South Island & Stewart Island Kaka (Nestor meridionalis ssp meridionalis) with a diagonal shadow passing across it, Oban, Stewart Island, New Zealand

South Island & Stewart Island Kaka (Nestor meridionalis ssp meridionalis) perching on a house balcony rail, Oban, Stewart Island, New Zealand

Close-up of a South Island & Stewart Island Kaka (Nestor meridionalis ssp meridionalis), Oban, Stewart Island, New Zealand

Opportunistic South Island & Stewart Island Kaka (Nestor meridionalis ssp meridionalis) leaning over a house gutter on the lookout for something edible to steal! Obviously not the first time, judging by the scratches on the gutter. Oban, Stewart Island, New Zealand

Close-up of South Island & Stewart Island Kaka (Nestor meridionalis ssp meridionalis), Oban, Stewart Island, New Zealand

South Island & Stewart Island Kaka (Nestor meridionalis ssp meridionalis) in a New Zealand Cabbage Tree (Cordyline australis), Oban, Stewart Island, New Zealand

Two opportunistic South Island & Stewart Island Kakas (Nestor meridionalis ssp meridionalis) leaning over a house gutter on the lookout for something edible to steal! Obviously not the first time, judging from the scratches on the gutter. Oban, Stewart Island, New Zealand

South Island & Stewart Island Kaka (Nestor meridionalis ssp meridionalis) leaning over a house gutter on the lookout for something edible to steal! Obviously not the first time, judging from the scratches on the gutter. Oban, Stewart Island, New Zealand

South Island & Stewart Island Kaka (Nestor meridionalis ssp meridionalis) feeding on a Tree Daisy (Olearia sp), Oban, Stewart Island, New Zealand

Opportunistic South Island & Stewart Island Kaka (Nestor meridionalis ssp meridionalis) using its beak to tear its way into a rubbish bag, Oban, Stewart Island, New Zealand

South Island & Stewart Island Kaka (Nestor meridionalis ssp meridionalis) raiding a rubbish bag, Stewart Island, New Zealand