DOC 'cautiously optimistic' for New Zealand's rarest bird, the fairy tern | RNZ News 🐦 :

With fewer than 40 tara iti left, every nest, egg, and chick was critical to the survival of the species. …

Tara iti bred at only four locations in New Zealand … [including] the Waipū and Mangawhai sandspits in Northland.

Waipū and Mangawhai are just a few kilometres away from our new home at Ruakākā.