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WELLINGTON (AFP) – New Zealand yesterday opened its first hospital exclusively treating kiwi birds, and vets have already nursed the first patient back to health – a chick nicknamed “Splash” that tumbled into a swimming pool. Rising numbers of the once-threatened national bird have led to the construction of a purpose-built facility in Kerikeri, a […] ....

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