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<p>Two years ago, the Australasian crested grebe, the pūteketeke, took out the title of New Zealand’s Bird of the Century. But when the Paris billboard got swapped out, and 'Lord of the Wings' ads no longer peppered Wellington's bus stops, who stuck around? Claire Concannon meets two dedicated grebe supporters battling different challenges at two Central Otago lakes. </p><p><a href="https://radionz.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=211a938dcf3e634ba2427dde9&id=81ad21bafe">Sign up to the Our Changing World monthly newsletter</a> for episode backstories, science analysis and more.</p><p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><p>00:06 – John Oliver’s pūteketeke campaign</p><p>01:15 – Richard Bowman at Lake Hayes</p><p>16:45 – Markus Hermanns at Lake Wānaka</p><p><strong>Learn more:</strong></p><ul><li>Read more about the pūteketeke and the people helping them in this RNZ story, <a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ourchangingworld/575832/our-changing-world-what-happened-when-the-puteketeke...