company. Andrew Digby via Twitter, 10 October 2018. Sirocco – hatched: 1997; mother: Zephyr, father: Felix (Unlikely to be used to breed. Encounter with Stephen Fry and Mark Carwardine described in Last Chance to See). Stumpy – hatched: 1991; mother: John-Girl, father: Pegasus; father of Jemma (by artificial insemination), Juanma (by artificial insemination) '09, Tā Tipene , Mason '22. Tā Tipene – hatched: 2022; mother: Tumeke, father: Stumpy. Taeatanga – hatched: 2014; mother: Rakiura, father: Blades. Takitimu – hatched: 2002; mother: Sue, father: Basil; father of Te Here, Tuterangi, Tītapu '16; Tōmua, Tūmanako, Ōtepoti, Kewa, Rere, Hikoi, Porowhita, Tūtānekai '19. Tamahou – hatched: 2009; mother: Rakiura, father: Whiskas; father of Acheron, Deans, Hau, Mackenzie, Marangai, Quill '19, Olive '22. Tau Kuhurangi – hatched: 2016; mother: Tumeke, father Boss Tautahi – hatched: 2019; mother: Rakiura, father: Komaru. Te Atapo – hatched: 2009; mother: Rakiura, father: Whiskas; father of Bravo, Hanariki, Tutū, Uri '19. Te Awa – hatched: 2014; mother: Rakiura, father: Blades. Te Here – hatched: 2016; mother: Hine Taumai, father: Takitimu. Te Kingi – hatched: 2002; mother: Jean, father: Sass; father of Atatū, Kenneth, Kohengi, Manaaki, Manawanui, Orion, Pōtonga, Whaea Jane '19, Kawa, Wai, Ahu, Cascade, Matilda, Rōria, Pūkāea, Ata Rangi, Aella, Merekara '22. Thrum – hatched: 2022; mother: Konini, father: Kumi. Tiwai – hatched: 1997; mother: Zephyr, father: Felix. Tōmua – hatched: 2019; mother: Tiwhiri, father: Takitimu. Trevor – hatched: 1999; mother: Zephyr, father: Felix. Tuarima – hatched: 2022; mother: Tītapu, father: Gulliver. Tūmanako – hatched: 2019; mother: Tiwhiri, father Takitimu. Tūtānekai – hatched: 2019, mother: Marama, father: Takitimu. Tuterakipaua - hatched: 2022; mother: Waa, father: Ariki Tuterangi – hatched: 2016; mother: Hine Taumai, father: Takitimu. Tutoko – hatched: 2011; mother: Rakiura, father: Barnard; father of Gale, Kōraki, Koru, Scotty, Alison '19. Wai - hatched 2022; mother: Waikawa, father: Te Kingi. Waihōpai – hatched: 2009; mother: Kuihi, father: Barnard; father of Āwhina '22. Whakakini – hatched: 2019; mother: Hinemoa, Father: Horton. Willans – hatched: 2022; mother: Queenie, Father: Hurihuri. First chick ever born on Te Kakhu/Chalky Island. Wiremu – hatched: 2009; mother: Flossie, father: Whiskas. Wolf – hatched: 2009; mother: Hananui, father: Merty. Xenicus – hatched: 2022; mother: Ra, father: Hokonui. Fundraising To raise money for research, the New Zealand government's Department of Conservation operates a kākāpō adoption scheme. Adoptions are not exclusive; multiple people can adopt the same bird. Adoption is symbolic – kākāpō are a taonga (treasured)