Environmental groups have signed an open letter calling for the Prime Minister to fulfil her 2017 election promise of ending mining on public conservation land.
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It seems curiosity could be killing kea at an alarming rate. A number of the young endangered parrots have been squashed on the roads near Arthur Pass National Park.
And encounters with humans could be adding to the problem.
Tamsin Orr-Walker from the Kea Conservation Trust talks to Lisa Owen.
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