Norfolk boobook Norfolk boobook The Norfolk boobook ("Ninox novaeseelandiae undulata"), also known as the Norfolk Island boobook, Norfolk Island owl or Norfolk Island morepork, was a bird in the true owl family endemic to Norfolk Island, an Australian territory in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand. It is an extinct subspecies of the morepork ("Ninox novaeseelandiae"). However, although the taxon is extinct, its genes live on in the descendants of the hybrid offspring of the last female bird, which was sighted for the last time in 1996. The Norfolk boobook was very similar in appearance to other subspecies of the
Australasian Trauma Society Australasian Trauma Society The Australasian Trauma Society (ATS) is a medical specialist interest group for medical and paramedical individuals working in the area of traumatic injury. It was begun in 1997 by a group of health professionals from Australia and New Zealand involved in trauma care. The aims of the ATS are: - To foster and promote scientific research into all aspects of Trauma Care. - To improve the standard and delivery of trauma Services to the Australasian community. - To provide opportunities for all those involved in trauma Care in Australasia to further their scientific knowledge and exchange information