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Story: Tītī − muttonbirding

Waxing

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Waxing

Two muttonbirders remove wax-coated feathers from harvested chicks.

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by Phil Lyver

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Philip Lyver, Jamie Newman and the Rakiura Tītī Islands Administering Body, Tītī − muttonbirding – Processing, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/9369/waxing (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Philip Lyver, Jamie Newman and the Rakiura Tītī Islands Administering Body, published 2 March 2009.