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Story: Kiwi

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. A remarkable bird

  3. Kiwi species

  4. Life and death

  5. Kiwi and people: early history

  6. A kiwi country: 1930s–2000s

  7. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - A remarkable bird

Features of a kiwi

Features of a kiwi

Kiwi skeleton

Kiwi skeleton

From page 2 - Kiwi species

Distribution of kiwi populations, 2015

Distribution of kiwi populations, 2015

North Island brown kiwi

North Island brown kiwi

Stewart Island tokoeka

Stewart Island tokoeka

Little spotted kiwi chick

Little spotted kiwi chick

Great spotted kiwi

Great spotted kiwi

From page 3 - Life and death

Laying an egg

Laying an egg

Male tending the egg

Male tending the egg

Recovering after a stoat attack

Recovering after a stoat attack

Rowi chick

Rowi chick

Kiwi and children

Kiwi and children

Releasing a North Island brown kiwi

Releasing a North Island brown kiwi

From page 4 - Kiwi and people: early history

Feather cloaks

Feather cloaks

Early European engraving

Early European engraving

New Zealand currency

New Zealand currency (1st of 2)

Stamps

Stamps (2nd of 2)

Trevor Lloyd cartoon

Trevor Lloyd cartoon

South Canterbury Battalion badge

South Canterbury Battalion badge (1st of 3)

Sling Camp kiwi

Sling Camp kiwi (2nd of 3)

RNZAF Harvard

RNZAF Harvard (3rd of 3)

From page 5 - A kiwi country: 1930s–2000s

Kiwi concert party

Kiwi concert party

‘Goodnight Kiwi’

‘Goodnight Kiwi’

Kiwi as symbol: patriotic statue

Kiwi as symbol: patriotic statue (1st of 6)

Kiwi as symbol: lotteries poster, 1970s

Kiwi as symbol: lotteries poster, 1970s (2nd of 6)

Kiwi as symbol: kiwi kitsch

Kiwi as symbol: kiwi kitsch (3rd of 6)

Kiwi as symbol: advertising food

Kiwi as symbol: advertising food (4th of 6)

Kiwi as symbol: Kiwi Bacon factory

Kiwi as symbol: Kiwi Bacon factory (5th of 6)

Kiwi as symbol: promoting Eketāhuna

Kiwi as symbol: promoting Eketāhuna (6th of 6)

How to cite this page:

Jock Phillips, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/kiwi/media (accessed 21 January 2021)

Story by Jock Phillips, published 24 Sep 2007, reviewed & revised 15 May 2015

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