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Post and Telecommunications Office of New Caledonia (Government agency, New Caledonia)

Office des postes et télécommunications de Nouvelle-Calédonie

Flag of OPT-NC - Image by Kazutaka Nishiura & António Martins, 18 July 2017

Presentation of OPT-NC
Flag of OPT-NC
Former flag of OPT-NC

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New Caledonia

Presentation of OPT-NC

OPT-NC (website) is the government agency in charge of the postal service (including the release of postal stamps) and telecommunications in New Caledonia.
The agency was transferred to the government of New Caledonia by Decree No. 217, enacted on 2 May 2002 (text) as prescribed by the status of New Caledonia adopted on 19 March 1999.

Ivan Sache, 27 March 2006

Flag of OPT-NC

The flag of the OPT is white with the agency's emblem, which is made of a kagu, the letters "OPT" in purple and "Nouvelle-Caledonie" written in white letters on a blue cartouche.

There are 197 species of birds recorded in New Caledonia, among which 23 are endemic, that is not found anywhere else in the wild. The International Union for Nature Conservation (UICN) has listed 17 endemic forest birds of New Caledonia on the Red List of endangered species, which includes 1,211 bird species worldwide. The most famous of them and the emblematic bird of New Caledonia is the kagu (IUCN record).
The kagu (Rhynochetos jubatus) is the only member of the genus Rhynochetos, which is the only member of the family Rhynochetidae. It was trapped by the Melanesians, and later by the Europeans, for pet and plume trade. The bird retreated to the interior of the island, where its habitat was destroyed by nickel mining. The species is now threatened by feral dogs and pigs; predation by cats and rats is not documented. The kagu has full legal protection since 1977. It is believed than less than 1,000 kagus still live in New Caledonia, mostly in the South Province.
Most scientific publications on kagu were made by Dr. Gavin Hunt, now with the Department of Psychology of the University of Auckland, New Zeland and working on tool-making ability in New Caledonian crows. Dr. Hunt worked on bird conservation in New Caledonia from 1991 to 1995 and defended in 1997 in Massey University his Ph.D. thesis entitled, Ecology and conservation of the Kagu Rhynochetos jubatus of New Caledonia (text)
Hunt wrote the chapter on kagu in two references books:
Hunt, G.R. (2002). Kagu. In Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, Vol. 10: Birds. Gale Publishing Group, Farmington Hills, MI (text).
Hunt, G.R. (1996). Rhynochetidae (Kagu). Pp. 218-225 In (Eds. del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. and Sargatal, J.) Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 3. Hoatzin to Auks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

Kazutaka Nishiura & Ivan Sache, 22 November 2009

Former flag of OPT-NC

Former flag of OPT-NC - Image by Jaume Ollé & António Martins, 18 July 2017

The former flag of the OPT is yellow with the emblem of the OPT, which is a blue kagu with the letters "OPT "in yellow on its chest. "NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE" is written in blue below the bird.

Kazutaka Nishiura & Ivan Sache, 27 March 2006

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