Few birds are as rare in New Zealand as the matuku, and no bird is less likely to turn up in a built-up area.
But that's what's happened in suburban West Auckland, and it's got bird lovers all a twitter.
None more so than Dion Pou, the guy who captured the Australasian bittern on camera in Te Atatū.
He told Seven Sharp reporter Tim Wilson it's like finding the Holy Grail.
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