‘We’ve got bats’: The community bringing New Zealand’s pekapeka into the spotlight

Mongabay
May 19, 2026, 2:50 pm236 ptsTop
Billy Mclean knew nothing about bats. As a lifelong Kiwi, there was no reason for him to. Unlike in neighboring Australia and other parts of Oceania whose renowned flying foxes grow meter-long wingspans, Aotearoa New Zealand is famous for its birds, not bats. Mclean worked as an arborist in the Franklin area,…

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