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Kōrero: Game birds

Habitat stamps

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Habitat stamps

Two dollars from each annual game-bird hunting licence goes to a fund which aims to restore and protect game birds’ habitat. The fund also receives the proceeds from sales of limited-edition artists’ prints and first-day covers. This 2007 stamp shows brown quail in a forest area.

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New Zealand Post

Reference: 2007 Game bird habitat stamp issue

by Ronald Cometti

Stamp courtesy of Fish and Game New Zealand

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Neil Deans, Game birds – Management, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/postage-stamp/16723/habitat-stamps (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Neil Deans, i tāngia i te 30 October 2009, updated 20 April 2025.