Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Kotahi marama i muri i te pōtitanga, i whakahaerehia e Bird me tētahi rōpū o ngā tohunga ā-rohe me ngā kaitohutohu raraunga tētahi rangahau o te
Ko te pakanga 2008. I roto i tēnei rangahau, i whakatau a Bird he pai ake te whakapā atu ki ngā kaimahi me ngā kaimahi hihiri ki te whakaoho i ngā kaitono i ngā pānuitanga TV, i te mēra rānei. I mahi hoki a Bird hei kaiwhakahaere tuarua mo te Whakarite mo Amerika. I te wa o te pakanga a Obama mo te pooti 2012, i mahi a Bird hei Kaiwhakahaere Marae a Motu.