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Story: 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.

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

Story by George Gibbs, published 1 March 2009.