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Kōrero: Wētā

Wētā condominium

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Wētā condominium

This construction is a wētā condo – a wooden set of connected cavities with a perspex viewing window – that can be hung on trees occupied by wētā. You can view the activities of wētā when they take up residence inside.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Private collection

by Carl Walrond

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

George Gibbs, Wētā – Tree wētā, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/9714/weta-condominium (accessed 5 June 2026).

He kōrero nā George Gibbs, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.