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Monday, 10 May 2021, 10:45 am
Every year an army of introduced predators devours the
eggs and chicks of some 26 million native New Zealand birds,
as well as countless insects, amphibians, reptiles and
plants. We currently have more than 4000 natives on the
threatened species list and many more vulnerable to
predation – New Zealand’s catalogue of shame.
But
in 2016, the nation decided enough was enough. Predator Free
2050 was born an eviction order served on the three most
voracious predators rats, stoats and possums. It’s our
most ambitious conservation effort ever and is to be
enforced by hundreds of thousands of ordinary
Kiwis.
Before she breathed new life into
Little Women, director Greta Gerwig made a quirky, coming-of-age masterpiece called
Lady Bird (Saturday, May 15, 10.30pm, Three). Both star serial Academy Award-nominee Saiorse Ronan, who absolutely nails the titular role here as a clever, confident, idealistic teenager, infuriated the world doesn’t work the way she thinks it should. Poignant and authentic, it’ll break your heart, but put it back together just right. The very least the
#BlackLivesMatter (Sunday, May 16, 7.30pm, Māori TV) movement demands is that we listen. Fury and fear have driven this important conversation, harnessing direct protest and the power of social media to spread its message and demand change. This American documentary features interviews people living this reality day in, day out – and gives us that chance.