DOC Deputy Director General Public Affairs Sia Aston says the recognition of these species is an investment in New Zealand’s nature. “Support from the Phoenix Species Project will help make tangible gains for not just the kākāpō and tāiko, but the wider ecosystems they inhabit. “Support for the individual species is an investment in nature; a species like kākāpō can only survive when the land, the forests and the wider ecosystem are thriving. Work to restore kākāpō lifts the health of every native species they live alongside.” For more information on the project see Phoenix Species ProjectNATURE LOOKS DIFFERENT FROM HERE Nature isn’t scenery.