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To help save NZ’s native species, we must move past the extinction blame game

By Nic Rawlence, Associate Professor in Ancient DNA, University of Otago
Kane Fleury, Curator and Team Lead of Natural Sciences, Tūhura Otago Museum
Manaia Pearmain-Fenton, Teaching Fellow in Ecology and Wildlife Management, University of Otago

Debates over responsibility for past species loss generate heat but little light. Moving forward requires context, evidence and Indigenous knowledge.

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