New Zealand bird
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Kōpukapuka
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The Mount Cook Lily or Kōpukapuka is in fact not a lily at all. It belongs to the buttercup family. The Mount Cook Lily is one of New Zealand’s most well known alpine plants.
It grows in sub-alpine to alpine herbfields in the South Island mountains from 700m to 1500m in altitude. It is well adapted to grow in infertile soils and it favours stream banks and damp locations in scrub and grasslands.
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Korimako
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Bellbirds also known by its Māori names Korimako and Makomako. Korimako are unique to New Zealand. The explorer Captain Cook described of its song “it seemed to be like small bells most exquisitely tuned”.
Their numbers declined sharply in 19 century, For a time it was thought they might vanish from the mainland. Their numbers recovered somewhat from about 1940 onwards.
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Kōtare
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The sacred kingfisher, also known by its Māori name Kōtare in New Zealand. They live in a wide range of habitats, including forest, river margins, farmland, lakes, estuaries and rocky coastlines in Australia, New Zealand, and other parts of the western Pacific.
It is called “sacred” for it was said to be a holy bird for Polynesians, who believed it to have control over the waves, and other kingfishers in the southwestern Pacific were ascribed venerable power over the ocean.
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Kōtuku
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The Eastern Great Egret is a white heron, it is common in Australia, the South Pacific and Asia. In New Zealand, where it is known as the kōtuku, and highly endangered, with only one breeding site at Okarito Lagoon. The species is protected in Australia under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974.
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Piwakawaka
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The fantail (Maori name: Piwakawaka) is one of New Zealand’s best known birds, as it is one of the few native bird species in New Zealand that has been able to adapt to an environment greatly altered by humans.
In Maori mythology, the piwakawaka is a messenger, bringing news of death from the gods to the people.
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Piwakawaka – card
$5.00 Add to cartPiwakawaka print on greeting blank card with colour-in Kōwhai envelope.
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Pōhutukawa – card
$5.00 Add to cartPōhutukawa print on greeting card with colour-in envelope.
Size: 105mm x 148mm (A6)
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Ponga – card
$5.00 Add to cartPonga print on greeting blank card with colour-in envelope.
Size: 105mm x 148mm (A6)
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Pūkeko
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The Purple Swamphen, in New Zealand, where it is known as the Pūkeko. Pūkeko is probably one of the most recognised native birds in New Zealand with its distinctive colourings and habit. It look very similar to takahe, although takahe are much heavier.
The colour red was associated with nobility and power by Māori so the Pūkeko was held in high esteem because of its red beak and legs.
