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Kōrero: Native plants and animals – overview

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Species unique to New Zealand

Split from Gondwana

Split from Gondwana

Weevils

Fossil turtle find

Fossil turtle find

Native worm

Silvereye

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Forest animals

Haast’s eagle

Haast’s eagle

Mt Taranaki (Mt Egmont)

Mt Taranaki (Mt Egmont)

Cuvier Island tuatara

Cuvier Island tuatara

Giant centipede

Giant centipede

Land snail, Suteria ide

Land snail Suteria ide

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Alpine, wetland and coastal animals

Rock wrens

Paradise ducks

Paradise ducks (1 o 3)

Galaxiid

Galaxiid (2 o 3)

Mayfly

Kingfisher at a nest hole

Kingfisher at a nest hole

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Unusual characteristics of animals

Kākāpō and nestlings

Kākāpō and nestlings

Radiation of wētā species

Radiation of wētā species

Prime ministers and takahē

Prime ministers and takahē

Extinct coot

Stilbocarpa weevil, Snares Island

Stilbocarpa weevil, Snares Island

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Plants and fungi

Lichens

Kauri

Mountain beech, Fiordland

Mountain beech, Fiordland (2 o 3)

Conifer–broadleaf forest

Conifer–broadleaf forest (3 o 3)

Conifer–broadleaf forest

Conifer–broadleaf forest

Black beech in flower

Black beech in flower

Mai i te whārangi 6 - Alpine, wetland and coastal plants

Snow tussock, hebe and Dracophyllum

Snow tussock, hebe and Dracophyllum (1 o 3)

Alpine plants

Alpine plants (2 o 3)

Vegetable sheep

Vegetable sheep (3 o 3)

Native replanting

Native replanting

Sand dunes

Mai i te whārangi 7 - Unusual plant features

Megaherb, Enderby Island,

Megaherb, Enderby Island,

Male and female kahikatea

Male and female kahikatea

Divaricating shrub

Divaricating shrub

Adult and juvenile lancewoods

Adult and juvenile lancewoods

Mountain horopito

Mountain horopito

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Bob Brockie, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/native-plants-and-animals-overview/media (accessed 23 September 2023)

He kōrero nā Bob Brockie, i tāngia i te 24 Sep 2007