Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Bird of the Century Vote === In 2023, the [[New Zealand]] conservation group [[Forest & Bird|Forest and Bird]] ran its annual [[Bird of the Year]] vote, renamed to the Bird of the Century vote to coincide with the 100-year celebration of Forest and Bird.<ref>{{cite press release |date=July 29, 2023 |title=Bird of the Year becomes Bird of the Century to celebrate 100 years of Forest & Bird |url=https://www.forestandbird.org.nz/resources/bird-year-becomes-bird-century-celebrate-100-years-forest-bird |website=[[Forest & Bird]] |access-date=February 25, 2024}}</ref> John Oliver ran an extensive campaign for the [[Great crested grebe|pūteketeke]] during which he dressed up as the bird in his interview with [[Jimmy Fallon]] on [[The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon|his show]]. He even brought the billboard ads across the globe, some of which even has the reference to the iconic [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''Lord of the Rings'' trilogy films]]. When the vote closed, it was revealed that the pūteketeke won by a landslide, with 83% of the votes.<ref>{{cite news |last=Turnbull |first=Tiffane |date=November 15, 2023 |title=Bird of Century: Pūteketeke wins NZ poll after campaign by John Oliver |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-67376814 |language=en-GB |access-date=November 29, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Chen |first=Heather |date=November 15, 2023 |title=New Zealand crowns 'bird of the century' championed by John Oliver |work=[[CNN]] |url=https://edition.cnn.com/travel/bird-of-the-century-winner-puteketeke-john-oliver-intl-hnk/index.html |language=en-US |access-date=February 25, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hernandez |first=Joe |date=November 15, 2023 |title=With a boost from John Oliver, pūteketeke soars to first in New Zealand bird contest |work=[[NPR]] |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/11/15/1213228757/john-oliver-new-zealand-bird-century-contest-puteketeke |language=en-US |access-date=February 25, 2024}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page