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<p>Volunteers from around the world are helping the kākāpō team, with tasks ranging from feeding birds and people, looking after the power system on Whenua Hou and studying kākāpō sperm. We meet them in episode 12 of the Kākāpō Files.</p><p>Volunteers are coming from around the world to help with the largest kākāpō breeding season on record.</p><p>As the rimu fruit begins to ripen wild kākāpō mothers are being given chicks to look after.</p><p>And the egg tally has risen to 223, with 53 living chicks - and still more on the way.</p><p>Saving kākāpō is an international effort, with volunteers and visiting experts helping out in various ways.</p><p>Electrician Reuben's usual day job is looking after hydropower stations for the Kākāpō Recovery Programme's sponsor Meridian Energy. But a couple of times a year he downsizes and heads to Whenua Hou / Codfish Island to give its power system a health check.</p><p>The electricity generation system has evolved over many years and includ...