New Zealand's Bird of the Year is a... bat? - a podcast by ABC Radio

New Zealand has a newly crowned king of the birds, but it's not a bird at all - it's the tiny flying mammal: the long-tailed, pekapeka-tou-roa bat.

So what was it about New Zealand's only flying native land mammal that captured the public's imagination in a prestigious public vote and will it project the conservation message it now carries?

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