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Kōrero: Collections of plants and animals

Identifying plants and animals

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Identifying plants and animals

There is a wide variety of books for identifying New Zealand’s plants and animals. Scientific monographs, from organisations such as Landcare Research and the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), provide the information for identification guides.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

by Melanie Lovell-Smith

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Simon Nathan, Collections of plants and animals – Identifying plants and animals, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/12131/identifying-plants-and-animals (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Simon Nathan, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.