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Kōrero: Native plants and animals – overview

Rock wrens

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Watch rock wrens (Xenicus gilviventris) building a nest. The ancestors of wrens are ancient birds thought to have been in New Zealand since it broke away from Gondwana 85 million years ago.

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Bob Brockie, Native plants and animals – overview – Alpine, wetland and coastal animals, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/10603/rock-wrens (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Bob Brockie, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.