Hoki: The Story of a Kakapo

by Alison Ballance

Finalist in the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards 1998. The flightless kakapo is the world's heaviest parrot, a unique bird but seriously endangered. Hoki, the story of a Kakapo tells the life of the only female born between 1986 and 1996, from her rescue as a tiny, starving chick on remote Codfish Island to her release into the wild. It is a portrait of a highly intelligent and entertaining bird with a vital role in ensuring the survival of the species.

Genres: Nonfiction

60 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1997