Tiritiri Matangi Island
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Tiritiri Matangi Island is located in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand, 3.4 km east of the Whangaparāoa Peninsula in the North Island and 30 km north east of Auckland. The 2.2 km2 island is an open nat
Tiritiri Matangi Lighthouse and ranger station.
Tiritiri Matangi Island in 1921
Forest on Tiritiri Matangi
Tiritiri Matangi wharf and ferry; day-trip passengers have just disembarked
Takahē
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The South Island takahē is a flightless swamphen indigenous to New Zealand and the largest living member of the rail family. It is often known by the abbreviated name takahē, which it shares with the
Tiritiri Matangi Island
…by the Supporters of Tiritiri Matangi Incorporated, under the supervision of the Department of Conservation and is noted for its bird life, including takahē, North Island kōkako and kiwi. It attracts between 30,000 and 32,000 visitors a year, the latter figure being the maximum allowed by the Auckland…
Male takahe walking on grass
Notornis hochstetteri, from Meyer's 1883 description
The colour of both female and male adults is mainly purple-blue with a greenish back and inner wings.
Two juveniles and two adults (with red beaks) at Orokonui Ecosanctuary