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Kōrero: European discovery of plants and animals

Rarangi kaupapa

  1. Story summary

  2. The first naturalists

  3. Cook’s second voyage, and the French

  4. Expeditions and surveys: 1830s–1870s

  5. Sealers, missionaries and botanists

  6. Naturalists: 1840s–1890s

  7. New directions: 1890s–today

  8. Hononga, rauemi nō waho

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - The first naturalists

Decorative birds

Decorative birds (1 o 2)

Māori genealogy

Māori genealogy (2 o 2)

Linnaeus’s garden

Linnaeus’s garden

Kōwhai

Kōwhai

Whau

Whau

Tūī

Tūī

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Cook’s second voyage, and the French

Flax

Flax

Moss

Moss

Gecko

Gecko

Vegetable sheep

Vegetable sheep

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Expeditions and surveys: 1830s–1870s

Gurnard

Gurnard

Brown skink

Brown skink

Tree daisy

Tree daisy (1 o 3)

Mt Cook lily

Mt Cook lily (2 o 3)

Mountain lacebark

Mountain lacebark (3 o 3)

Giant land snails

Giant land snails

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Sealers, missionaries and botanists

Takahē

Takahē

Giant wētā

Giant wētā

Moa bones

Moa bones

Cass Biological Station

Cass Biological Station

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Naturalists: 1840s–1890s

Brachyglottis greyi

Brachyglottis greyi

Larvae

Larvae (1 o 3)

Butterflies

Butterflies (2 o 3)

Moths

Moths (3 o 3)

Carex

Carex

Stephens Island wrens

Stephens Island wrens

Mai i te whārangi 6 - New directions: 1890s–today

Lassie the bird dog

Lassie the bird dog

Tethered takahē

Tethered takahē (1 o 3)

New Zealand’s rarest tree

New Zealand’s rarest tree (2 o 3)

Tuatara

Tuatara (3 o 3)

Dolphin research

Dolphin research

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

John Andrews, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/european-discovery-of-plants-and-animals/media (accessed 12 August 2022)

He kōrero nā John Andrews, i tāngia i te 24 Sep 2007

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