Ngā Manu (birds) in Aotearoa New Zealand
A DigitalNZ Story by National Library of New Zealand Topics
Aotearoa New Zealand is home to many distinctive ngā manu (birds) that evolved in interesting ways due to our once isolated and predator-free environment. Explore these resources to find out more about our manu, their behaviour, habitats, history and significance to te ao Māori, as well as conservation efforts to save our threatened and endangered species. SCIS no. 5418466.
New Zealand birds
National Library of New Zealand
New Zealand Birds Online
Services to Schools
Why New Zealand needs predator control
Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai
Meet the Locals: Sirocco the Kākāpō
NZ On Screen
Predator Free 2050
Services to Schools
Tāne Mahuta
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
He Paki Taonga i a Māui: Te Ngarohanga o ngā Parirau o te Kiwi | How the Kiwi Lost Its Wings
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
He Paki Taonga i a Māui: Ko te Pakanga a ngā Manu | Battle of the Birds
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
He tūī, he kōkō rānei?: Māori names for native birds matter – ecologist
Services to Schools
Threats to endangered coastal birdlife
Radio New Zealand
North Island brown kiwi
Services to Schools
Tales of Taonga - Manumea
The Coconet TV
NZ's Smallest Bird
Radio New Zealand
Meet the Locals: Tiritiri Matangi
Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai
Kapiti Island nature and conservation
Services to Schools
![Image: Keulemans, John Gerrard 1842-1912 :New Zealand pigeon. Carpophaga Novae Zealandiae. (one-half natural size). / J. G. Keulemans delt. & lith. [Plate XXIV. 1888].](https://thumbnailer.digitalnz.org/?resize=770x&src=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F579%2F21014153784_f77e80c070_z.jpg&resize=368%253E "Keulemans, John Gerrard 1842-1912 :New Zealand pigeon. Carpophaga Novae Zealandiae. (one-half natural size). / J. G. Keulemans delt. & lith. [Plate XXIV. 1888].")
OUR NEW ZEALAND BIRDS. (New Zealand Illustrated Magazine, 01 May 1900)
National Library of New Zealand
NATIVE BIRDS. (Ohinemuri Gazette, 08 April 1907)
National Library of New Zealand
Kerry-Jayne Wilson: flying with the seabirds
Radio New Zealand
N.Z. Native Birds Protection Society :New Zealanders! Protect your native birds. [1923?]
Alexander Turnbull Library
The growing mana of the kākāpō
Services to Schools
Birds - The Coming of the Maori
Victoria University of Wellington
Wooden water trough used for catching birds
Alexander Turnbull Library
Te Kupenga: Custom meets colonisation
Services to Schools
Māori and Kōkako
Services to Schools
Māori And Birds Of Prey
Services to Schools
Nightclub
NZ On Screen
Expedition to Snares Island
Services to Schools
Gannet warden and junior wildlife wardens checking young gannets
Alexander Turnbull Library
The secrets of seabird feathers: a new indicator of climate change?
Services to Schools
Animal Classification
DigitalNZ
Ocean Conservation
DigitalNZ
Possum Control
DigitalNZ