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Story: Ngā manu – birds

Kiri Te Kanawa

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Kiri Te Kanawa

A great singer, such as Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, would be compared to a korimako (bellbird) because of the bird’s melodious song.

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Kelly Keane, Ngā manu – birds – Sayings, metaphors and stories, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/12173/kiri-te-kanawa (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Kelly Keane, published 1 March 2009, updated 17 February 2015.