Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa
27 May 2012 - 6:34 am NZ time
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The Birds Ngā Manu
Black robin
Photograph is Crown Copyright 2001, Department of Conservation
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Blackbird
Photograph by Tony Wills. Sourced from Wikimedia Commons.
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California quail
Photograph by Mila Zinkova. Sourced from Wikimedia Commons.
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Canada goose
Photograph by Chuck Smerlo. Sourced from Wikimedia Commons.
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Chaffinch
Photograph by Michael Apel. Sourced from Wikimedia Commons.
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Hākoakoa (skua)
Photograph by Don Merton. Crown Copyright 2000, Department of Conservation
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Hihi (stitchbird)
Photograph by Dick Veitch. Crown Copyright 1980, Department of Conservation.
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Hōiho (yellow-eyed penguin)
Photograph by Rod Morris. Crown Copyright 1976, Department of Conservation.
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Kākā (forest parrot)
Photograph by Ross Henderson. Crown Copyright 2004, Department of Conservation.
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Kākāpō (night parrot)
Photograph by Mike Bodie. Crown Copyright. Department of Conservation.
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Karoro (black-backed gull)
Photograph by Peter Morrison. Crown Copyright 1960, Department of Conservation.
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Kawau (king shag)
Photograph by C.D. Roderick. Crown Copyright 1963, Department of Conservation.
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Kawau pateketeke (spotted shag)
Photograph by Brian D. Bell. Crown Copyright 1966, Department of Conservation.
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Kea (mountain parrot)
Photograph by Dick Veitch. Crown Copyright 1977, Department of Conservation.
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Kiwi - (great spotted)
Photograph by Rod Morris. Crown Copyright 1975, Department of Conservation.
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Kiwi - (little spotted)
Photograph by C.D. Roderick.. Crown Copyright 1980, Department of Conservation.
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Kiwi - (North Island brown)
Photograph by Rod Morris. Crown Copyright 1982, Department of Conservation.
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Koekoea (long-tailed cuckoo)
Photograph by J.L. Kendrick. Crown Copyright 1978, Department of Conservation.
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Kōkako (blue-wattled crow)
Photograph by Rogan Colbourne. Crown Copyright 1977, Department of Conservation.
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Korimako (bellbird)
Photograph by Paul Schilov. Crown Copyright 2003, Department of Conservation.
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Kororā (little blue penguin)
Photograph by JJ Harrison. Sourced from Wikimedia Commons.
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Kūaka (diving petrel)
Photograph by Dick Veitch. Crown Copyright 1980s, Department of Conservation
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Matuku (Australasian bittern)
Photograph by Dick Veitch. Crown Copyright 1964, Department of Conservation.
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Mohua (yellowhead)
Photograph by M.F. Soper. Crown Copyright 1970, Department of Conservation.
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Pakaha (fluttering shearwater)
Photograph by R. Slack. Crown Copyright 1969, Department of Conservation.
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Pipipi (brown creeper)
Photograph sourced from Te Ara website.
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Pīpīwharauroa (shining cuckoo)
Photograph by J.L. Kendrick. Crown Copyright 1980, Department of Conservation.
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Pīwakawaka (fantail)
Photograph by Dave Crouchley. Crown Copyright 1982, Department of Conservation.
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Pūtangitangi (paradise shelduck)
Photograph by Rod Morris. Crown Copyright 1993, Department of Conservation.
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Riroriro (grey warbler)
Photograph by J.L.Kendrick. Crown Copyright 1969, Department of Conservation.
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Ruru (morepork)
Photograph by C.S. Robinson. Crown Copyright. Department of Conservation.
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Ruru on Kawau Island
Photograph by Kahuroa for the Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust.
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Starling
Photograph by Dick Veitch. Crown Copyright 1979, Department of Conservation.
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Takahē
Photograph is Crown Copyright. Department of Conservation.
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Takapu (gannet)
Photograph by Chris Smuts-Kennedy. Crown Copyright. Department of Conservation. 1976.
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Tara (white-fronted tern)
Photograph by Rod Morris. Crown Copyright 1980, Department of Conservation.
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Tarānui (Caspian tern)
Photograph by Peter Morrison. Crown Copyright 1960, Department of Conservation.
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Tarapirohe (black-fronted tern)
Photograph by Rod Morris. Crown Copyright 1982, Department of Conservation.
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Tarāpunga (red-billed gull)
Photograph by Rod Morris Crown Copyright 1980, Department of Conservation.
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Tauhou (silvereye)
Photograph by Brett Donald. Sourced from Wikimedia Commons.
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Te Ata Kōrihi (the dawn chorus)
The sound of dawn in the forests, bushes and parks of New Zealand.
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Thrush
Photograph by Tony Wills. Sourced from Wikimedia Commons.
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Tīeke (saddleback)
Photograph by Dick Veitch. Crown Copyright 1979, Department of Conservation.
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Tītī (muttonbird)
Photograph by Rod Morris. Crown Copyright 1980, Department of Conservation.
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Tītī wainui (fairy prion)
Photograph by Rod Morris. Crown Copyright 1976, Department of Conservation.
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Toroa (royal albatross)
Photograph by Don Merton. Crown Copyright 1971, Department of Conservation.
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Toroa (wandering albatross)
Photograph by Mark Jobling. Sourced from Wikimedia Commons.
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Toroa (Buller's mollymawk)
Photograph is Crown Copyright. Department of Conservation.
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Toutouwai (North Island robin)
Photograph by J.L Kendrick. Crown Copyright 1973, Department of Conservation.
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Tūī (parson bird)
Photograph by Dick Veitch. Crown Copyright 1967, Department of Conservation.
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Weka (woodhen)
Photograph is Crown Copyright 2001, Department of Conservation.
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Click on the images for information about each bird from the Department of Conservation or Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand websites.
Radio New Zealand would like to thank the Department of Conservation for its contribution.
NB: The bird calls are available for download but are covered by strict copyright conditions. These conditions limit access to personal use only. It is a breach of these conditions for bird calls downloaded from this site to be distributed, broadcast publicly, or altered in any way.
English to Māori key
Australasian bittern - matuku
Bellbird - korimako
Black-backed gull - karoro
Black-fronted tern - tarapirohe
Blue-wattled crow - kōkako
Buller's mollymawk - toroa
Brown creeper - pipipi
Caspian tern - tarānui
Dawn chorus - te ata kōrihi
Diving petrel - kūaka
Fantail - pīwakawaka
Fairy prion - tītī wainui
Fluttering shearwater - pakaha
Forest parrot - kākā
Gannet - takapu
Grey warbler - riroriro
King shag - kawau
Little penguin - kororā
Long-tailed cuckoo - koekoea
Morepork - ruru
Mountain parrot - kea
Muttonbird - tītī
Night parrot - kākāpō
North Island robin - toutouwai
Paradise shellduck - pūtangitangi
Red-billed gull - tarāpunga
Royal albatross - toroa
Saddleback - tīeke
Spotted shag - kawau pateketeke
Shining cuckoo - pīpīwharauroa
Silvereye - tauhou
Skua - hākoakoa
Stitchbird - hihi
Parson bird - tui
Wandering albatross - toroa
Woodhen - weka
White-fronted tern - tara
Yellow-eyed penguin - hōiho
Yellowhead - mohua