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21 taranui
Sterna caspia (caspian tern, Kahawai, Tara Punga, Sea Hawk)Sea bird.<CASPIAN.JPG">Identification - 50 cm (20 in.). Large gull-sized tern with white body and grey wings along with a diagnostic prominent red bill. Its cap is black in the breeding season becoming grizzled when it is not breeding.Similar species - The large size and conspicuous red beak of this bird make it difficult to confuse it with other terns.Range - Widespread in Europe, Africa, Asia and North America. In New Zealand widely spread throughout mainland with a northward movement in winter.Status - Common.Where to see - Sheltered coastal waters of both islands. - Occasionally on lakes.Notes - Nests in large colonies and roosts in small flocks. -
22 wharangi
Melicope ternata (koheriki)<MELICOPE ternata.jpg">Small tree to 7m with glossy yellow green leaves. Naturally occurring throughout the North Island and the top of the South Island from sea level to 300m. Grows naturally in sheltered coastal situations. Plant in a frost free position. The shiny black seeds are eaten by birds.Also Maori for page, pg, p, pp -
23 Akiraho
Olearia paniculata (Yellow Akeake)An attractive shrub or small tree to 6m with small daisy-like flowers and shiny yellow green leaves with wavy margins. Naturally occurring throughout most of the North Island and the top half of the South Island from sea level to 600m. -
24 Ihupuku
Mirounga leonina (Southern elephant seal, Sea elephant)<ELEPHANTSEAL.JPG">Occasional visitor to the NZ coast. They breed on Campbell, Macquarie and Antipodes Islands. This is the largest species of seal. Adult males reach 4-5m nose to tail length, and 3.6 tonnes in weight. Females are 2-3m long and weigh about 900 kg. -
25 Mokohinau
(Including Navire and Fanal islands)Rocky outcrops. The seas around them are populated by marlin, shark, kingfish and hapuka and sea mammals such as Whales, Orca and Dolphins. -
26 Ti Ngahere
Cordyline banksii (Ti Parae, Forest cabbage tree)<CORDYLINE banksii2.jpg"><TI nga.jpg"><CORDYLINE banksii.jpg">A rare shrubby tree growing to 4m around lowland and hilly forest margins, forest scrubland, rocks and banks from sea level to about an altitude of 1000 metres. The flowers are profuse and fragrant. The flower panicles can reach 2m in length. A mature plant with multiple stems and long drooping pale green to yellowish green leaves provides a tropical feel to a cool climate garden. -
27 matariki
Maori for a north-easterly sea breeze Maori for Pleiades, beginning of the Maori New Year
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