It's tough competition, but sit down, settle in and let me tell you 6 reasons why you should #VoteKea for New Zealand Bird of the Year 2021.

Once I was introduced to film, I fell rapidly and quite happily into the sinkhole of vintage novelty.

The Southern Alps are the great divider of the South Island, a 500km mountain range splitting human settlements across two distinct shores

Kea are infamous in New Zealand. Best known to outsiders as the alpine parrot, here they are synonymous with mischief.