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Mikey: WHEN BACK, EVERYONE.
THE BATTLE TO SAVE AN ENDANGERED
BIRD ON MAUI IS THE CURRENT OF A
OF -- SUBJECT OF A DOCUMENTARY
AIRING HERE ON KHON2.
Tannya: TO SAVE THE KIWIKIU.
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FOR THIS DISCUSSION, WE'RE
BRINGINGING IN HAN HA HANNA MOUSE AND
DARFUL THER -- DAN.
THERE WAS A COLLABORATION OF
AGENCIES AND GROUPED THAT
ATTEMPTED TO MOVE KIWIKIU FROM
THE WINDWARD SIDES OF HALEMAUMAU
TO THE FOREST OF THE LEEWARD
SIDE.
EXPLAIN TO OUR VIEWERS EXACTLY
WHAT HAPPENED.
2019 WAS THE CULMINATION OF
DECADES OF WORK TO TRY TO SAVE
THE KIWIKIU.
THE KIWIKIU ALSO KNOWN AS MAUI
PARROTBILL ONE OF THE MOST
ENDANGERED OF ONE OF THE FOREST
BIRDS.
POSSIBLY 150 INDIVIDUALS LEFT.
ALL ON MAUI IN THIS SMALL FOREST
AREA.
OUR PLAN WAS TO MOVING BIRDS
FROM THE NATURAL AREA RESERVE ON
THE WINDWARD SLOPES OF
HALEMAUMAU TO RESTORED FOREST IN
SIDE.
THIS WOULD E EXPAND THE HABITAT
AND WE HOPED TO INCREASE
NUMBERS.
ULTIMATELY IT WAS DETERMINED
THAT AN INVASIVE DISEASE CARED
BY A MOSQUITO KILLED ALL THE
BIRDS.
John: MONEY
NONE OF THE BIRDS MOVED
SURVIVEDFUL WHAT'S NEXT?
PRIMARY GOAL IS FIGURE OUT
HOW TO CREATE MOSQUITO-FREE
LANDSCAPE.
A MAJOR TACTIC THAT WE'RE
LOOKING AT IN SIMPLE TERMS IS A
FORM OF MOSQUITO BIRTH CONTRTROL.
THIS INVOLVES INOCULATING COMMON
John: A VERY SAD AND TRAGIC
TOPIC.
WE'RE DISCUSSING IT.
DAN, YOU'RE PRODUCING, HAVE
PRODUCED A TV SPECIAL THAT WILL
AIR ON KHON TONIG.
TELL ME WHAT WENT INTO PRODUCING
THIS SPECIAL.
WHEN I FIRST FLEW IN TO
HANAWI I OCTOBER OF 2019, MY
INTENTION AT THAT POINT WAS JUST
TO DOCUMENT IT FOR LOCAL MEDIA
DISTRIBUTION.
PREPARATION, THE FACILITIES,
PASSION AND DEAD CAUTION
INVOLVED FROM ALL OF THE PEOPLE
FROM THE VARIOUS AGENCIES, I
IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT TIME FOR
ANOTHER TELEVISION SPECIAL.
HANAWI WHILE THEY WERE CAPTURING
THE BIRDS, PREPARI THEM FOR
MOVEMENT.
I'VE BEEN TO NAKUA SEVERAL TIMES
THAT HANNA MENTIONED.
ABOUT TWO WEEKS LATER, I FLEW
BACK IN WITH THE TEAM AND
FLIGHT AVIARIES OUT IN THE
FOREST.
IT REALLY SHOWS THE FORTITUDE
AND TENACITY AND THE EXPERTISE
ALL THESE PEOPLE USE TO TRY TO
SAVE THIS LITTLE BIRD.
John: WHAT DO YOU HOPE
VIEWERS WILL GAIN FROM WATCHING
THE PROGRAM TONIGHT?
AWARE THERE'S LOTS OF ANIMALS,
LOTS OF NATIVE CREATURES ON OUR
ISLANDS THAT ARE REALLY AT RISK.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE AWARE.
TO CARE ABOUT THESE THINGS.
John: IT IS A SPECIAL THAT
DO YOU REMAIN HOPEFUL THAT THE
KIWIKIU CAN BE SAVED?
I AM STILL OPTIMISTIC.
ALL OF US WHO WORK IN
CONSERVATION TEND TO BE
OPOPTIMISTS OR WOULD BE TOO EASY
TO GIVE UP.
THAT WE CAN MOVE AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE IN CREATING MOSQUITO
AND AVIAN MALARIA-FREE
LANDSCAPES.
SO WE HOPE THAT EVERYONE
WATCHING THIS SHOW WILL
UNDERSTAND THAT TIME IS REALLY
OF THE ESSENCE AND'S AGREE THAT
LOSING ANOTHER SPECIES AFTER SO
MANY HAVE GONE EXTINCT IN
HAWAI'I IS SOMETHING THAT WE
CANNOT ALLOW TO HAPPEN WITHOUT
CONTINUING TO TRY.
John: THANK YOU FOR ALL THE
WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME
TO JOIN US ON "LIVING808".
INFORMATION WE'LL HAVE ON OUR
WEBSITE SHORTLY AFTER THIS SHOW.
AIRTIME AND WE'LL THROW UP A
WEBSITE ON HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT
THANK YOU, HANNAU, DAN, THANKYOU.
THANK YOU.
Tannya: IF YOU'RE INTERESTED
IN WATCHING THAT, IT'S COMING UP
ON KHON2.COM AT 9:30.
A FASCINATING TO KNOW.
I'VE NEVER HEARD ABOUT THIS
KIWIKIU BIRD.
EFFORTS TO TRY TO SAVE IT AND
SETBACK WITH THE MOSQUITOES.