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WELLINGTON (AFP) – From Colombia to Sweden, applicants are lining up for what has been touted as a dream job in the ruggedly beautiful New Zealand wilderness watching over a shy flightless bird. The job, like the bird, hardly got off the ground when it was first advertised by New Zealand’s Department of Conservation last […]
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It was the job that had it all - except for candidates. Now more than 1300 jobseekers from all over the world have put their hands up to protect wildlife on the South Island's wild West Coast.
New Zealand struggles to fill ideal jobs preserving wildlife despite the large potential and little desire. A biodiversity supervisor is needed by the Department of Conservation on the South Island's untamed, desolate coast, which is also a Unesco World Heritage Site.