Part of New Zealand's native wildlife series issued around the turn of the millennium, this piece coincides with a period when the Reserve Bank was expanding its collector program significantly. The pied cormorant — known in New Zealand as the pied shag — is a coastal species whose populations had recovered markedly through the latter twentieth century following earlier declines tied to deliberate culling by fishing communities who viewed the birds as competition.
Part of New Zealand's native wildlife series issued around the turn of the millennium, this piece coincides with a period when the Reserve Bank was expanding its collector program significantly. The pied cormorant — known in New Zealand as the pied shag — is a coastal species whose populations had recovered markedly through the latter twentieth century following earlier declines tied to deliberate culling by fishing communities who viewed the birds as competition.