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When the fame fades

When the fame fades

Update: 2025-10-13
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Two years ago, the Australasian crested grebe, the pÅ«teketeke, took out the title of New Zealand’s Bird of the Century. But when the billboard on the Champs-Elysse got swapped out, and the clips of John Oliver dressed in a grebe costume dropped off the YouTube algorithm, who stuck around? Claire Concannon meets two dedicated grebe supporters battling different challenges at Lake Hayes and Lake WÄnaka.
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When the fame fades

When the fame fades