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The Australasian bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus), or Matuku-hūrepo in Māori, is a stocky, sizeable and elusive heron-like bird native to the wetlands of Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia. [2] It belongs to the bittern subfamily of the heron family Ardeidae. [2]
Matuku otagoense, also referred to as the Saint Bathans heron, is an extinct genus and species of heron from the Early Miocene of New Zealand. It was described from fossil material collected in 2007 from the Saint Bathans fauna of the Bannockburn Formation in Otago , South Island .
Matuku may refer to: Matuku, monotypic genus of a Miocene heron from New Zealand; Matuku Island, Fiji; Matuku (Tonga) Matuku-tangotango, monster in Māori mythology;
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The Pacific reef heron is referred to by a variety of names by the indigenous peoples of the Pacific region. In New Zealand, multiple names have been given, including kākatai, matuku moana and matuku tai. [8] It is known as belō in Fiji, matu'u in the Samoan Islands, and motuku in Niue, Tonga, and Wallis Island. [9] Two subspecies are ...
In Māori mythology, Matuku-tangotango (Matuku) is an ogre who kills Wahieroa the son of Tāwhaki. [1] In some versions, Matuku lives in a cave called Putawarenuku. Rātā , the son of Wahieroa, sets off to avenge his murdered father, and arrives at last at Matuku's village.
A second type of bird flu has been found in U.S. dairy cows for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Wednesday. Until recently, all dairy herd detections in the U ...
The Whangamarino Wetland in the Waikato District is the second largest wetland complex of the North Island of New Zealand.Encompassing a total area of more than 7200 hectares, the Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai manages 5,923 hectares of peat bog, swamp, mesotrophic lags, open water and river systems listed as a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention. [2]