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Kōrero: Rivers

Blue ducks

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Blue ducks

A family of blue ducks (whio) rests on rocks in the Manganui-o-te-ao River in the central North Island. The blue duck is found on a few remote, fast-flowing rivers around New Zealand. Because trout compete with them for insects, blue ducks are now a threatened species.

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Department of Conservation

Reference: 10029656

by Alan Reith

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David Young, Rivers – Changes to river environments, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/14704/blue-ducks (accessed 7 June 2026).

He kōrero nā David Young, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.