Richard Henry: Protector of the Kakapo

Richard Henry: Protector of the Kakapo

Richard Henry was born in Ireland 1854. He came to New Zealand in 1883 to look at our native birds in the New Zealand forest. He found a Brown Kiwi, Tieke and Kokako but Mr Henry was looking for a Kakapo. He says that New Zealand is a really neat country. Mr Henry brought a friend called Charlie Douglas Charlie and Richard the Kakapo protector. Richard says that it's impossible to sleep outside in a tent when a kakapo is chirping loudly. So he went out and caught lots of kakapos and then into a cage and took to his house