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1. ake, n. View full entry 1835
...= akeake...
2. hei-tiki, n. View full entry 1835
...A greenstone neck-ornament worn by Maoris....
3. kiwi, n. View full entry 1835
...Any of several dark brown or grey tailless, flightless, nocturnal ratite birds of the genus Apteryx, of New Zealand forest and scrub, having a long bill and hairlike feathers. Cf....
4. kohekohe, n. View full entry 1835
...A deciduous tree, Dysoxylum spectabile, of the family Meliaceæ, which has pinnate leaves and panicles of fragrant white flowers....
5. kuku, n. View full entry 1835
...Also koukou, kukupa. = kereru...
6. mahoe, n.2 View full entry 1835
...A small bushy tree of the family Violaceae, Melicytus ramiflorus, with whitish bark and small greenish flowers, native to New Zealand, Fiji, etc. Also called hina hina...
7. matata, n. View full entry 1835
...The fernbird, Megalurus punctatus (family Sylviidae), a secretive songbird with dark streaked plumage, found only in New Zealand....
8. ngiru-ngiru, n. View full entry 1835
...A New Zealand tomtit of the black and yellow subspecies Petroica macrocephala macrocephala (family Eopsaltridae), found in the South Island....
9. parera, n. View full entry 1835
...The Pacific black duck, Anas superciliosa. Also called grey duck (New Zealand)....
10. pukeko, n. View full entry 1835
...The purple swamphen (purple gallinule), Porphyrio porphyrio....
11. puriri, n. View full entry 1835
...More fully puriri tree. An evergreen forest tree of New Zealand, Vitex lucens (family Verbenaceae), which has dark green glossy leaves and clusters of red flowers....
12. rengarenga, n. View full entry 1835
...More fully rengarenga lily. A New Zealand herbaceous plant, Arthropodium cirratum (family Laxmanniaceae), having clusters of pale cream or white lily-like flowers on tall stems, and...
13. riroriro, n. View full entry 1835
...The grey warbler, Gerygone igata (family Acanthizidae), a very small songbird with grey-brown plumage, endemic to New Zealand....
