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Corey Mosen has trained his dog, Ajax, to sniff out kea nests in remote parts of the South Island where the endangered bird can be found. Mosen then places cameras in and around the nests to monitor the birds and the predators which attack them. He says that while he mostly works in Kahurangi and Nelson Lakes national parks for the Department of Conservation, his patch is anywhere that kea live.He also volunteers for the Kea Conservation Trust. Mosen, Ajax and the kea star in a Loading Docs 2017 film, Ajax the Kea Conservation Dog.