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Stewart Island kiwi

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Stewart Island kiwi

A Stewart Island kiwi, or southern tokoeka, flees from a tramper in the Tin Range, Rakiura National Park. These birds behave differently from other kiwi species, forming family groups and feeding in daylight.

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by Mark Walrond

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Nancy Swarbrick, National parks – Lower South Island parks, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/14553/stewart-island-kiwi (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 August 2015.