Solar farms are about to spread across New Zealand amid surging demand for renewable energy. Where some see opportunity, others see a threat; no more so than in the Mackenzie Basin, where solar farms and one of the world’s rarest birds will share what remains of a transformed landscape.
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Written and read by Charlie Mitchell
Produced by Jen Black
Audio editing by John Ropiha
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