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Keeping kea entertained on the ski slopes

09:35 am on 3 September 2019

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The team at the Treble Cone ski field have come up with a playful idea to allow skiers to enjoy the slopes without pesky interventions from the light-fingered mountain parrot, the kea.

Treble Cone brand manager Richard Birkby is helping build a kea playground this week.

He tells Lynn Freeman why it's needed and how members of the local community were involved in its making.

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