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Geoffrey Orbell
MBE
Born
Geoffrey Buckland Orbell

(1908-10-07)7 October 1908
Pukeuri, New Zealand
Died14 August 2007(2007-08-14) (aged 98)
Dunedin, New Zealand
OccupationDoctor
Known forRediscovery of the takahē
RelativesRachel Buckland (mother)

Geoffrey Buckland Orbell MBE (7 October 1908 – 14 August 2007) was a New Zealand doctor and keen tramper (bush walker) who was responsible for the rediscovery of the takahē in 1948.[1]

  1. ^ "Call of the wild, call of the takahe". Otago Daily Times Online News. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2021.

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