Who has ever held the egg of the kuaka? In some tribal traditions the whakapapa of the kuaka starts with Karihi, grandson of Tangaroa. Karihi is the kuaka’s father and Kauitara the mother. These two are believed to be the parents of all sea birds …

Eastern bar-tailed godwits breed in western Alaska and migrate to New Zealand and eastern Australia. They are widely distributed around the country and some birds may occur on almost any harbour or estuary, although the bulk of the population occur at larger sites: Parengarenga, Kaipara, Manukau, Firth of Thames, and Farewell Spit.

Eastern bar-tailed godwits breed in western Alaska and migrate to New Zealand and eastern Australia. They are widely distributed around the country and some birds may occur on almost any harbour or estuary, although the bulk of the population occur at larger sites: Parengarenga, Kaipara, Manukau, Firth of Thames, and Farewell Spit.

2024年10月23日 · The koha included three carved ‘uku’ eggs crafted from rendered clay in their own polished wooden bowl representing the creation story of Ngāti Kuri and kuaka, the bar-tailed godwit.

With some gesturing from Brian, we closed in, and Eddie found it – a nest with one egg. We stayed several metres back and carried on past the area to avoid a thereand-back track. But I have seen the nest of kuaka!

2015年10月28日 · Bar-tailed Godwits (Limosa lapponica), known in Māori as Kuaka, are one of those species. They’re also our 2015 Bird of the Year! Can you spot the Godwits in this picture? Godwits are some of the most amazing migrators on earth.

Ko wai kite i te hua o te kuaka? Who has ever held the eggs of the kuaka? Kuaka feature prominently in Māori mythology, and it was believed they came from or passed through Hawaiki – the ancestral home. It is also believed that Kupe, the Great Chief of Hawaiki followed the path of the kuaka on his journey to Aotearoa.

Poem by Saana Waitai-Murray. The Kuaka is a migrant bird that visits Aotearoa. It is a large, long-legged wader, predominantly brown above, pale below, with a long tapering and slightly upturned bi-coloured bill, pink at the base and black towards the tip. Kuaka breed in western Alaska and migrate to New Zealand and eastern Australia.

Common diving petrels are colonial breeders, nesting in short burrows, rock crevices or under dense vegetation. The breeding season is earlier in the north, with peak laying of the single egg in August in the Mercury Islands, and mid-October on the Snares Islands. Incubation is shared and takes about 53 days.

The Kuaka project aims to reconnect whanau with ancestral memories and prosocial traditions in order to revive strength and support within whanau