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Story: European discovery of plants and animals

All images and media

From page 1 - The first naturalists

Decorative birds

Decorative birds (1st of 2)

Māori genealogy

Māori genealogy (2nd of 2)

Linnaeus’s garden

Linnaeus’s garden

Kōwhai

Whau

Tūī

From page 2 - Cook’s second voyage, and the French

Flax

Moss

Gecko

Vegetable sheep

Vegetable sheep

From page 3 - Expeditions and surveys: 1830s–1870s

Gurnard

Brown skink

Tree daisy

Tree daisy (1st of 3)

Mt Cook lily

Mt Cook lily (2nd of 3)

Mountain lacebark

Mountain lacebark (3rd of 3)

Giant land snails

Giant land snails

From page 4 - Sealers, missionaries and botanists

Takahē

Giant wētā

Moa bones

Cass Biological Station

Cass Biological Station

From page 5 - Naturalists: 1840s–1890s

Brachyglottis greyi

Brachyglottis greyi

Larvae

Larvae (1st of 3)

Butterflies

Butterflies (2nd of 3)

Moths

Moths (3rd of 3)

Carex

Stephens Island wrens

Stephens Island wrens

From page 6 - New directions: 1890s–today

Lassie the bird dog

Lassie the bird dog

Tethered takahē

Tethered takahē (1st of 3)

New Zealand’s rarest tree

New Zealand’s rarest tree (2nd of 3)

Tuatara

Tuatara (3rd of 3)

Dolphin research

Dolphin research

How to cite this page:

John Andrews, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/european-discovery-of-plants-and-animals/media (accessed 4 June 2023)

Story by John Andrews, published 24 Sep 2007