Homer Tunnel kea developing new skills on the side

The NZ Transport Agency’s Milford Alliance team were a little puzzled to find their road cones in odd places in recent weeks – until they checked the footage from their cameras at each end of the one-way Homer Tunnel, the entrance to Milford Sound, and the answer became clear. The endearing but mischievous kea have been taking matters into their own talons in an effort (it is thought) to get drivers to slow down or stop and then to feed them. “We think the keas listen for the cars in the tunnel and move