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Keith McFadyen displays rubbish found in the Kaikorai Estuary.

Human pollution shows a lack of regard for an estuary’s role as an important wildlife breeding ground and habitat. Kaikorai estuary, in the photo, is a nesting site for the pūkeko.

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Rights: Photo by Peter McIntosh, Otago Daily Times
Published: 18 August 2014Size: 2.38 MB
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