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Kōrero: Estuaries

White-faced heron

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White-faced heron

A recent arrival from Australia, the white-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) has made itself at home in New Zealand and is now the most plentiful heron in the country. When catching food they are equally adept in estuarine waters (a source of fish and crabs) and on rushlands, where they hunt out frogs, insects and mice.

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Department of Conservation

Reference: 10048663

by Peter Reese

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Maggy Wassilieff, Estuaries – Larger animals of the estuary, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/4639/white-faced-heron (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Maggy Wassilieff, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.