Last week was Matariki. In Māori culture, Matariki signifies the beginning of the New Year. Close to the southern hemisphere’s winter solstice, it is ...
A close encounter
Yesterday, I was on Tiritiri Matangi photographing the birds on the island. Tiritiri is an island sanctuary, near Auckland, teeming with birds almost ...
New Zealand Pigeon
Scientific name: Hemiphaga novaeseelandiaeCommon names: kererū, kereru, kukupa, kuku, wood pigeon, native pigeon, kokopa Order: Columbiformes Family: ...