You'll catch more Stitchbirds with sugar and water

A stitchbird feeding station with a mixture of sugar and water, which supplements the diet of stitchbirds until plant regeneration progresses to the point where they can get suffient nutrients naturally.

Kiwi meet kiwi

December 21st 2007
I saw a kiwi. Ok, that's pretty much the punchline for this one - but I saw a kiwi in it's natural habitat. In the zoo, and on the other side of a thick pane of glass doesn't count in my book. I just wish I had some photographic proof. Never mind, I know. Tiritiri Matangi Island is a 2.2 square kilometre bird sanctuary in the Hauraki Gulf. Farmed until 1971, massive replanting and pe ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » Tiritiri Matangi Island

The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more

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