Story: Kaitiakitanga – guardianship and conservation

Plucking muttonbirds (2nd of 3)

Plucking muttonbirds

Tītī (muttonbirds) are plucked on the manu (birding grounds).

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Photograph by J. O'Brien

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Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, 'Kaitiakitanga – guardianship and conservation - Rāhui – prohibitions', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/11603/plucking-muttonbirds (accessed 26 April 2024)

Story by Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, published 24 Sep 2007