The magnificent new book about huia and the artist who has been painting them for 60 years.
The Huia and our Tears is written and compiled by legendary bird painter Raymond Ching.
Ching is frank about the difficulties he's experienced trying to paint this iconic bird, writing: "Perhaps above all, they are made difficult to paint because huia are so very much more than just beautiful forest birds; we have all of us so much invested in these birds; pride that such birds be born to these islands or ours and guilt that we should have allowed them to be lost."
Kennedy also has a new shark story: For the first time sharks have been recording vocalising. An Auckland shark researcher recorded rig (the shark whose flesh often ends up in fish and chips) making clicking sounds.
Photo: "The Huia and our Tears" is written and compiled by legendary bird painter Raymond Ching
