Despite kowhai in full bloom, Wellington kereru are nowhere to be seen
(WorldNews New Zealand)

It`s September in Wellington and the much-loved kereru, a native and endemic pigeon with contrasting green and white plumage, has yet to be spotted. That`s no overstatement. There are literally no kereru to be seen. `This time of year we should see heaps of them everywhere,` Barrett Pistoll, a senior environmental monitoring officer at Greater Wellington Regional Council, told AAP. `We`ve had lots of members of the public ringing up, saying `where are these birds?`` Driven by nearby sanctuary...