He mātuhi (Xenicus longipes) tēnei kei te moutere o Big South Cape i te tau 1964. I ōna rā, kapi katoa ai a Aotearoa e te mātuhi. Ka mate ā-moa te mātuhi ki Te Ika-a-Māui i te tau 1955, ki Te Wai Pounamu i te tau 1968, ki Rakiura i te tau 1972. I Te Wai Pounamu, noho ai te mātuhi ki ngā ngahere kei ngā pae maunga; i ngā moutere ririki, noho ai ia ki ngā ngahere i te taha moana. Nā te ngeru me te kiore te mātuhi i whakangaro. He rite te mātuhi ki te maha o ngā manu māori o Aotearoa, arā, ko ō rātou kōhanga ki te papa o te whenua, he kore take rātou ki te rere, kāore i taea e rātou te karo i ngā ngau a ngā ngeru, kiore, aha atu. Kei te pērā te āhua o te noho o te maha o ngā manu ake o Aotearoa.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
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by Don Merton
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