Promiscuous, incestuous and homosexual, our native swamp hen is a rather remarkable bird.
At Western Springs Wetlands, deep in Auckland’s western suburbs, two families of pukeko carry on their very communal lifestyle in an entirely natural way – despite pressures from other birds, and hand-outs of stale bread and buns.
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