Kakapo were once abundant throughout New Zealand's two main islands (and possibly Stewart Island) and featured regularly in both <PERSON> and European backcountry cuisine, but by the time this photograph of an explorers' camp in Fiordland was taken in 1888 (with <PERSON>, of Milford Track fame, in the centre, and an obliging kakapo perched above the fireplace), almost no none remained in the North Island. Even in the South Island, the kakapo's best days were well behind it.