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☆ New Zealand’s Bird of the Year: A shy penguin wins after campaign filled with memes and tattoos
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Wellington, New Zealand (AP) – It’s noisy, smelly, shy – and New Zealand’s bird of the year. This year’s victor, the hoiho — its name means “noise shouter” in the Māori language — is a shy bird thought to be the world’s rarest penguin. Aspiring bird campaign managers — this year ranging from power companies to high school students — submit applications to Forest & Bird for the posts. While anyone in the world can vote, Forest & Bird now requires electors to verify their ballots after foreign interference plagued the contest before. The following year, Forest & Bird was forced to clarify that a flurry of votes from Russia appeared to be from legitimate bird-lovers.

Persons: John Oliver, ”, Emma Rawson, Nicola Toki, Bird, —, Charlie Buchan, Jane Goodall, Phil Keoghan, “, Emily Bull, Bull despaired, Hayden Parsons, –, Rawson, “ There’s, ” Bull Organizations: New Zealand, Forest, New, rugby, Victoria University of Wellington, Bird Locations: Wellington, New Zealand, New, South, Chatham, —, Aotearoa, Dunedin, Russia

☆ Pūteketeke: New Zealand crowns ‘bird of the century’ championed by John Oliver
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Heather Chen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The votes are in for New Zealand’s Bird of the Century poll and the winner by a significant margin, getting more than 290,000 votes, is the Australasian crested grebe, better known as the pūteketeke or the ‘puking’ bird championed by comedian and talk show host John Oliver. This 2022 photo supplied by the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society shows puteketeke at Lake Ellesmere, south of Christchurch in New Zealand. To help spread the message and raise awareness, Oliver bought up billboards in New Zealand, Japan and the state of Wisconsin. “No bird on earth is more deserving of Bird of the Century than this one,” Oliver said on his show. “They are weird puking birds with colourful mullets.

Persons: John Oliver, “, ”, “ We’re, “ Pūteketeke, Peter Foulds, Young pūteketeke, Oliver, ” Oliver, Jimmy Fallon, What’s Organizations: CNN, Zealand’s, HBO, Royal, Bird Protection Society, AP, Wings Locations: kea, Lake Ellesmere, Christchurch, New Zealand, Royal, United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, Wisconsin

☆ Puking bird wins New Zealand bird competition after John Oliver campaign
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Lucy Craymer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WELLINGTON, Nov 15 (Reuters) - The puteketeke, a bird that pukes, grunts, growls and has bizarre mating rituals, won New Zealand’s bird of the century title in a competition where American-British comedian John Oliver's involvement has ruffled some local feathers. The Bird of the Year competition - billed Bird of the Century in 2023 to celebrate environmental organisation Forest & Bird’s centenary - is an annual event where people vote on their favourite New Zealand bird. In 2023, the American-British comedian Oliver exploited a loophole in the system that allows anyone to vote from anywhere for a bird. We’re stoked to see the outpouring of passion, creativity and debate that this campaign has ignited,” said Nicola Toki, chief executive of competition organiser Forest & Bird. Following news that Oliver’s pick had beaten out the competition, New Zealand’s prime minister-elect congratulated him on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Persons: John Oliver's, Oliver, puteketeke, Jimmy Fallon, stoked, ”, Nicola Toki, Toki, Lucy Craymer, Michael Perry Organizations: WELLINGTON, Bird’s, New, Forest, Twitter, Thomson Locations: British, Zealand, American, New Zealanders

☆ John Oliver is campaigning hard in New Zealand’s Bird of the Century poll
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —John Oliver is transforming from a comedian into a campaign manager for one of the biggest elections of the year: New Zealand’s Bird of the Century poll. On his show “Last Week Tonight” on Monday, he backed the pūteketeke bird as New Zealand’s Bird of the Century, a competition organized by the conservation group Forest & Bird. John Oliver loves the pūteketeke for its 'colorful mullet,' among other reasons. Initially launched to raise awareness of New Zealand’s endangered, endemic birds, the contest is usually an annual two-week event and has become a national institution. A bat, rather than a bird, won the competition in 2021, while mass voter fraud threatened to delegitimize the competition the year before.

Persons: John Oliver, Oliver Smart, Oliver, ”, ” Oliver Organizations: CNN, Wings, @Last Locations: New Zealand, Tokyo, Europe, Paris, London, ”, Brazil, Ipanema Beach, Manetowoc , Wisconsin

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