birdies
Nocturnal and experts at hiding away.
kākāpō
Prickly pest that eats birds' eggs.
hetiheti
Shellfish that is a taonga species. Very popular in restaurants nowadays.
mussels (kakahi/kaeo)
Vine (and taonga species) used for weaving - not harakeke.
kiekie
What are the fleshy, colourful things on a kōkako's head called?
wattles
Iconic songbird last seen in 1907.
huia
Complete the internal rhyme: feral ______ eat rats.
cats
Freshwater fish (Māori), seawater (English)
tuna
What plant was used to make baskets, mats, nets, cloaks, kilts and loin cloths?
harakeke
Seals, whales and ____________ are mammalian sea animals and taonga species
sea lions
2013, bird (yellow) of the year prizewinner.
mohua
The order we should remove pests is mice, rats, _______, stoats, ferrets and cats.
weasels
Popular recreational fishing species. Historically, easily caught by Māori near the coast in shallow waters.
snapper (tāmure)
Māori rongoa (super medicine) k__________.
kawakawa
The name of an Auckland bay, a shellfish that GRM searched for aged 11, and a taonga species (c_________).
cockle(s) (tuaki).
Some in the room.
kiwi
Are mice really innocuous?
No, they eat birds' eggs.
taonga species. This has been GRM's biggest and smallest fish catch in history.
īnanga (whitebait) 3 of em.
Chiefly tree beginning with 't'.
totara
A banned game, taonga plant species, features in footrot flats cartoon.
bulrush (raupo)
The te reo Māori name refers to the birds' green colour and the way it flits about in the tree tops.
titipounamu
Why should we get rid of mice first?
food for higher ranking predators.
Stats NZ have identified how many threatened species from 18 taonga freshwater fish and ivertebrate species?
10
Vine used by Bohemians to tie kauri shingles.
supplejack (kareao)
Forms a seaforest, this is a taonga species, where kina eats its 'cousins'.
bull kelp (rimurapa).