1A number of New Zealand's indigenous birds have become extinct, and now the pingao (golden sand sedge)is also under threat. The pingao is much prized for making ornamental kits and tuku tuku panels, it is fast diminishing.
- Start 00 : 00 : 09
- Finish 00 : 14 : 32
- Duration 14 : 23
Reporters
- Robin Kora (Reporter, Television New Zealand)
Speakers
- Bill Beverage (Chief Ranger, Waitakere Parks)
- Ani Tia (Project Supervisor, Maori Community Centre, Auckland)
- Jennifer Oliphant (Plant Tissue Propagator)
- Kay Worrall (Plant Tissue Propagator)
- Te Que Davis (Spokesperson, Maori and Pacific Islands Art Council)