{"id":76668,"date":"2026-03-11T10:03:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T01:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/mar\/11\/kakapo-cam-live-stream-parrot-new-zealand"},"modified":"2026-03-11T10:03:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T01:03:28","slug":"my-lovely-distraction-live-stream-of-kakapo-worlds-fattest-parrot-and-her-chicks-captivates-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=76668","title":{"rendered":"\u2018My lovely distraction\u2019: live stream of k\u0101k\u0101p\u014d \u2013 world\u2019s fattest parrot \u2013 and her chicks captivates New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than 100,000 people have tuned in to watch \u2018k\u0101k\u0101p\u014d cam\u2019, which captures a rare flightless bird sleeping, tidying her nest and fighting off intruders<\/p>\n<p>On an island in New Zealand\u2019s remote southern fjords, one of the world\u2019s strangest and rarest parrots \u2013 the k\u0101k\u0101p\u014d \u2013 is caring for her tiny chick as fans from across the globe watch on.<\/p>\n<p>Through the black and white lens of a hidden camera, a fluffy orb with a kazoo-like squeak jostles for food from its mother\u2019s beak. The mother, Rakiura, is attentive \u2013 scooping her chick under her large green wings, fending off an intruding bird, and periodically tidying her nest.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/mar\/11\/kakapo-cam-live-stream-parrot-new-zealand\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 100,000 people have tuned in to watch \u2018k\u0101k\u0101p\u014d cam\u2019, which captures a rare flightless bird sleeping, tidying her nest and fighting off intrudersOn an island in New Zealand\u2019s remote southern fjords, one of the world\u2019s strangest and rarest parro&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2286,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[265,41,337,65,56,94,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals","category-asia-pacific","category-birds","category-environment","category-new-zealand","category-wildlife","category-world-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2286"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76668"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76685,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76668\/revisions\/76685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}