Arrrgh, lost the alt text! "Amazing art tea towel of a kea ripping the antenna off the Auckland sky tower, opened and on a black bench. Also, still in their wrappings are the disco Kererū and the soccer goalie Takahē. I'm very excited!"
As I stitch up the last tea towel for the last pre-order, these are all I have left over… if you missed out earlier, you could give me a reason to sew tomorrow (hint hint). Pūkeko has just been sold, takahē has a slight flaw (so discounted), the rest are good! www.thesewphist.com/product/pre-...
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A recent announcement that kiwi and moa are Australian immigrants is not borne out by available evidence. Working out when birds arrived in New Zealand requires both fossil evidence and genetics.
Ko eke anō ko te hoiho ✨ No luck for our kakī again this year, hai aha, next year will campaign harder 🩷🖤🩷🖤🩷🖤
CORRECTION: the slimmer bird in the first photo is a Pūkeko, a related "cousin" species that still retains the power of flight (the Takahē is flightless) and has spread throughout the greater Australasian region.
Another bucket-list species I was hoping to photograph this trip: the Takahē. And I was able to do so twice, on Tiritiri Matangi and in Zealandia.
Did my democratic duty as a Kiwi and and voted (takahē) for Bird of the Year. Vote round, vote Takahē, vote here! www.birdoftheyear.org.nz
Forest & Bird’s Bird of the Year recognises our unique birds and with each vote you give them a voice.
Did you know takahē is always open for submissions of bilingual work in te reo Māori & te reo Pākehā, including poetry, fiction, comics, reviews and essays? Here's the link: takahemagazine.submittable.com/submit
One of the biggest thrills for us here at takahē was announcing a bilingual poem as winner of the Monica Taylor Poetry Prize 2023, the astounding 'Kawekawe kōrero' by Austin Haynes, selected by judge Robert Sullivan: www.takahe.org.nz/kawekawe-kor...
takahē magazine reaffirms its commitment to te reo Māori and Te Tiriti of Waitangi. You can read about the history of our ātaahua logo and the our magazine's roots in Te Waipounamu, here: www.takahe.org.nz/kaupapa_and_...