Craig Mckenzie was surprised that New Zealand Geographic didn’t pick this photograph as part of our 2017 feature on kākāriki karaka, orange-fronted parakeets (‘Last Chance to See’, Issue 147). The frame, shot in beech forest near a feeder for the endangered birds, was one of his favourites. Something of a redemption, then, that it just won big in a competition run by Tūhura Otago Museum. McKenzie won the overall People’s Choice award, up against all the people’s choice winners from the past 25 years. Caw!
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