Bird of the Year

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Bird of the Year of New Zealand
Te Manu Rongonui o Te Tau
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Incumbent
New Zealand long-tailed bat
since 1 November 2021
Term length1 year
Inaugural holderTūī
FormationOctober 2005
Websitebirdoftheyear.org.nz

Bird of the Year/Te Manu Rongonui o Te Tau is an annual election-based competition run by Forest & Bird to elect a "Bird of the Year" in New Zealand.[1]

It draws support from well-known personalities including politicians, artists, actors, celebrity chefs.[2]

History[]

Bird of the Year was created by the late who was Forest & Bird's communications manager.[3][4][5] It launched in October 2005 as an online poll that featured in Forest & Bird's first email newsletter. Votes were collected by email and through the post.[6] It included 76 native bird species and received a total of 900 votes.[7]

In 2014, the competition was temporarily changed to and only seabirds were eligible.[8]

BOTY 2021[]

Seventy-seven species have been shortlisted to compete for the finals.[9] Voters will rank their top-five choices to decide which bird will be crowned Bird of the Year. The winner is determined using the instant-runoff voting method.

The controversial entry Pekapeka tou-roa/Long-tailed bat has taken home the crown of New Zealand’s 2021 Bird of the Year announced on Breakfast show.[10] Second place went to the Kākāpō, titipounamu got third, the kea was fourth and the toroa was fifth. The kakaruia, kororā, ruru, whio, and Rockhopper penguin made up the rest of the top 10.[11]

Previous winners[]

Bird of the Year[12]
Year Bird Number of votes Percentage of votes
2021[13] Pekapeka tou-roa 7,031 12 percent
2020[14] Kākāpō 10,773 20 percent
2019[15] Hoiho 12,022 28 percent
2018[16] Kererū 5,833 12 percent
2017[17] Kea 7,311 18 percent
2016[18] Kōkako 3,614 18 percent
2015[19] Kuaka 1,957[20] 15 percent
2014 Tara iti
2013[21] Mōhua 2,473 19 percent
2012[22] Kārearea 1,261
2011[23] Pūkeko 1,480
2010[24] Kākāriki 6,921 33 percent
2009[25] Kiwi 1,586
2008[26] Kākāpō 578
2007[27] Riroriro
2006[28] Pīwakawaka (NZ Fantail) 458
2005[29] Tūī 20 percent
  First time Winner
  Second time winner

Controversy[]

In 2008, the successful campaign to elect kākāpō was accused by the takahē of accepting undeclared donations "from wealthy migratory birds living in Monaco." It was cleared by the fictional Serious Feathered Fraud Office.[26]

In 2010, the kākāriki was accused of rigging the vote. Forest & Bird confirmed these concerns in 2011, committing to improving vote security.[30]

In 2011, the emperor penguin was added to the competition for one year, when a juvenile bird was found on the Kapiti Coast. It had made national and international headlines after being rescued.[31][32][33]

In 2015, two teenagers from Auckland made over 200 fraudulent votes for the kōkako.[34] They used their father's business account to make fake email addresses.[35]

In 2017, the competition suffered a further voting scandal when 112 fraudulent votes were made for the white-faced heron using internet bots from an IP address in Christchurch.[36]

In 2018, an independent scrutineer from was brought in to prevent further voting scandals.[37] Despite this, a third voting scandal surfaced when 310 fraudulent votes were placed for the shag. These were traced to Australia.[38][39][40]

In 2020, 1500 fraudulent votes were placed for the Little spotted kiwi using fake email addresses from the same IP address, briefly pushing it to the top of the leaderboard before the fraudulent votes were discovered.[41]

In 2021, the long-tailed bat was added to the competition, with mixed responses from candidates and voters.[42] The controversial entry Pekapeka tou-roa/Long-tailed bat took the crown of New Zealand’s 2021 Bird of the Year.[10]

Celebrity endorsements[]

Year Birds endorsed Celebrity/Organisation
2021 Kea Jenny from Breakfast, Conservation Minister Kiri Allan
2021 Spoonbill David Seymour from ACT, Tom Salisbury, Melissa from Breakfast
2021 New Zealand dotterel Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand[43]
Long-tailed Bat Radio One 91FM[44]
Long-tailed Bat Richard McCance
2020 South Island Kokako Ruud Kleinpaste[45]
2018 Tāiko/Black Petrel Jacinda Ardern[46]
2014 Australasian gannet Matt Watson[8]
brown skua Metiria Turei[8]
Northern royal albatross Peter Dunne[8]
Buller's shearwater[8] Winston Peters
2013 Mōhua Metiria Turei[21]
2013 New Zealand fairy tern Hayley Holt[21]
2011 Ruru/Morepork Phil Goff[30]
2011 Yellow-eyed penguin Anton Oliver[30]
Kererū Hinewehi Mohi[30]
Kōkako Hollie Smith[30]
New Zealand robin Lisa Chapell [30]
New Zealand fantail Kate Wilkinson[30]
Ruru/Morepork [30]
New Zealand falcon Pita Sharples[30]
Kea Rachel Smalley[30]
Takahē [30]
Tūī Russel Norman[30]
Kākāriki [30]
Wandering albatross Steve Abel[30]
2010 Weka Don McGlashan[24]
Black stilt Grahame Sydney[24]
Ruru/Morepork [47]
New Zealand fantail Taika Waititi[48]
Kererū Kiri Te Kanawa[49]
2009 Pūkeko [49]
Kākā David Farrar[49]
Royal spoonbill Jeremy Wells[49]
Pied stilt Sam Hunt[49]
New Zealand fantail Kim Hill[49]
Kererū Kiri Te Kanawa[49]
2008 Pied stilt Sam Hunt[50]
Tūī Sam Morgan[50]
Yellow-eyed penguin Anton Oliver[50]
Kererū Barnaby Weir[50]
Tūī Irene van Dyk[50]
Kea Jason Gunn[50]
Grey warbler [50]
Kiwi John Key[50]
Weka Anand Satyanand[50]
White-faced heron[50] Steve Braunias
Southern royal albatross [50]
Weka Anand Satyanand[50]
Albatross[50] Susan Satyanand
Tūī Petra Bagust[50]
Kea Peter Hillary[50]
2006 Kōtare/Sacred kingfisher Annabel Langbein[2]
Ruru/Morepork [2]
Kākāpō Chris Carter[2]
Kōtuku Don Brash[2]
Kākāpō Helen Clark[2]
Kererū Jeanette Fitzsimmons[2]
Kokako Susan Satyanand[2]
New Zealand fantail Lois Daish[2]
Tūī Mark Sainsbury[2]
Kāhu Pita Sharples[2]
Tūī Rodney Hide[2]
Kiwi Ruud Kleinpaste[2]
Weka Anand Satyanand[2]

References[]

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