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Kōtuku

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Kōtuku

A white heron (kōtuku) and its chick nest in the Waitangitaona lagoon, near Ōkārito.

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Simon Nathan, West Coast region – Climate and wildlife, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/21065/kotuku (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Simon Nathan, published 3 March 2009, updated 1 September 2016.