THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT-Save the Kakapo benefit gig

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The gig was amazing! If you were there you will know what I'm talking about, if you werern't, sorry you really did miss out! The bands and DJs went off and I would like to thank them from the bottom of my heart for making such an event possible :) Thanks to: The Backstage, Materia(Environmental spokes person for the Green Party)Anji Sami, DJ Van der leij, The DOC, DJ Undertow, all the beautiful people on the door, Colin Andrews, Wal Smith, Alex Easterbrook, Cosmic Corner, vouchermate , Radio One, Tui de Roy photos and Malcolm Rutherford @ purefocus. Cheers. And all of you for your support x
There are around 6 BILLION people in the world and ONLY 86 KAKAPO!Kakapo (common,Maori name) Strigops Habroptilus (Latin name, meaning 'soft feathers')These beautiful birds are the largest parrot in the world and only of their kind. They are unqiue to New Zealand and once roamed freely (for thousands of years), until the colonisation of NZ and the introduction of predators, such as cats, dogs, rats and stoats. Not only do Kakapo take out the world record for being the largest parrot in the world, they are also the only parrot who is nocturnal, flightless, and also have a unqiue sweet smell that can only be desribed as honey or flowers. With these unqiue evolutionary features, the species begun to plummet towards near extinction. By 1995, the number of surviving Kakapo was down to a mere 50 residing on a handful of small island sanctuaries.Check out these websites for more info:Kakapo Recovery Programme OR Department of Conservation-Kakapo OR Wikipedia entry-Kakapo MyGen Profile Generator

My Interests

Kakapo LOVE grapes, and they smell like honey and flowers (very unique quality), they also make cool sounds. Males make a low sonic booming sound which is their mating call. This is a deep vibrational sound that can be heard from up to 5km in the breeding season (Which begins in December). They enjoy climbing trees (they are good climbers and scale low trees for food), and also eating Rimu berries (when fruit is plentiful it incourages breeding-which only takes place between 2-4 years).DON'T LIKE: CATS DOGS RATS STOATS THEIR ENVIRONMENT BEING SCREWED!TAKE THE KAKAPO QUIZ

I'd like to meet:

People who care about me...the Kakapo! People who care about conservation in New Zealand and the world. Environmently friendly people who also love to party, Or in Kakapo language "hoot, hoot" "ark, arrk" (party animals). If you can't make it to the gig but would still like to help, simply spread the world to kids (that is those 18yrs+) who live in Dunedin and tell them to come along, OR you can MAKE A DONATION AND SPONSOR A KAKAPO

Music:

Was awesome. Thanks: Anji Sami, The Gladeyes, Vibrasics, DJ Van der leij, The DOC and DJ Undertow :)ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THE KAKAPO RECOVERY PROGRAMME

Heroes:

This gig and myspace page was brought to you by the kind hearts and efforts of: The Backstage (big ups to Darryl), Colin Andrews (for the poster and flyer design) @ BlackSeedComix myspace designed by MezzanineCreationz , The primo photos for the posters/flyers and projector images TuiDeRoy & MarkJones Roving Tortoise Photography , Projector photos also provided by Malcolm Rutherford Purefocus , The best radio station ever RadioOne91fm And the wonderful bands and DJs; Anji Sami , The Gladeyes , Vibrasics The Doc, Undertow , and DJ Van der leij , all the support from the crew @ Doc and my friends for giving up their time as well as YOU GUYS for coming along and showing you care MAKE A DONATION AND SPONSOR A KAKAPO

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