Mirror Writing

Leonardo Da Vinci was an inventor, scientist, painter and sculptor in Italy and France.  He painted the Mona Lisa.  He designed and invented lots of things like cars, robots and diving suits.  He really wanted to invent a flying machine that worked, but nobody is sure if he ever built one that flew.  Leonardo used [...]

Kingfisher

Kingfisher is a diving bird.
A Kingfisher has blue feathers and a black beak and a white body.
Some kingfishers live in New Zealand.
The Kingfisher dives in the water to get a fish. They lay eggs and the kingfisher babies grow big. Then they fly away.
I like them because of their colourful wings.
Illustrated by LatJos and PedMax.  [...]

Kākāpō

The kākāpō is the heaviest parrot in the world it can weigh up to 3 kg. Kakapo means parrot of the night
Kākāpō has yellow and green feathers with a hooked beak and orange feet with green wings
Kākāpō live in the South Island of New Zealand
Kākāpō make nests on the ground and are good at [...]

Keas

Keas are the heaviest parrot in the world.
Keas are green and have orange underneath their wings.
Keas live in the mountains and mostly live in the South Island.
Keas eat dead meat and food scraps and plastic lids.
Keas scratch their head feathers with their feet.
Illustrated and written by HarAnn

Morepork – Ruru

Morepork are a bird of prey and a big owl.  Morepork are native to New Zealand.
A Morepork looks like a big brown owl with big wings and a hooked beak.  It has big eyes to see in the dark.
Morepork live in the New Zealand forests.  They perch on big branches with lots [...]

Kea

The Kea is a mountain parrot. It’s a New Zealand native bird. Sometimes it’s called a clown bird. The Kea is related to the forest kaka.
The Kea’s back and wings are green, its nostrils are grey and its beak is black. Their green feathers are edged with black. Under its wings it’s orange. Kea grow [...]

Kea

Keas are the heaviest parrot in the world.
Keas are green and have orange underneath their wings.
Keas live in the mountains and mostly live in the South Island.
Keas hunt for animals.
Keas scratch their head feathers.
Illustrated and written by GorCar

Kingfisher

A kingfisher is bird from New Zealand and it’s maori name is kotare.
The kingfisher is blue, black, green, brown, yellow and their beak is black.
It dives down into the water to catch fish to eat. And it eats lizards and even mice.
They can go under the water to get food.
Illustrated and written by BarHam

Tui

The Tui has beautiful colours. Its Maori name is Tui. The Tui’s cousin is the Bellbird.
 
The tui’s colours are ,blue, green, black ,white and brown. The male is 32cms the female is 29cms. The female’s colours are brown and white. The Tui’s length is 30 cm. Tui are also called parson birds because of the [...]

Cockatoo

A Cockatoo has white and yellow feathers and are 29cm long. A Cockatoo has a sharp beak, sharp claws, white and yellow feathers which help it hide. Its wing span is about 30cm, it has a little yellow tuft of feathers at the back of its head.
Cockatoos live in the middle of the forest [...]

Kea

The kea is a native bird a bird of prey. Kea are related to kakapo and kaka.
It is a dark green colour. Under its wings it has orange so when it is flying you can see the orange.  The size of a kea is 460 mm long.
Kea can be found in the mountains and kea [...]

Tui

The Tui is a New Zealand native bird.
Under its neck it has little white fluffy feathers. On the wings blue and green shines. It has sharp claws and a beak and a short tail. The male Tui size is 30 cm and female size is 29 cm.
It can be found in your kowhai tree, [...]

Kākāpō

Kākāpō means parrot of the night.
Kākāpō are the heaviest parrot in the world. They weigh 3kg. Kākāpō have a short beak, two little eyes and nice brown and gold feathers. Its feet are sharp. Its head is round with green and brown feathers on top.
Kākāpō live in many different places in the forests of the [...]

Piwakawaka

Fantail [Piwakawaka] are native New Zealand birds. They are perching birds.
They have wings and claws. They have good eyesight. Their tail has ten feathers. They have a small beak. They are 16cm long.
They are from Australia, North Island and South Island of New Zealand. They live in forest trees.
They eat insects from the ground [...]

Paradise Shelduck

The Paradise Shelduck is a prized game bird. Its Māori name is Putangitangi. The Paradise Shelduck is a member of the Duck family.
The Male has a black head and barred black body.
The Female has a white head with a chestnut body. The Paradise Shelduck has a pointy tail.
They are all over New Zealand and widespread [...]

Fantail

The Fantail’s Māori name is Piwakawaka. It is a Flycatcher.
The Fantail has ten feathers at the back of the body in a fan shape. It has a beak, two legs, two wings and feathers on its body.
It lives in trees and forests.
It flies to catch its food and spreads its wings out so the other [...]

Kea

 
by HunAme

Kingfisher

by BarHam

Tui

by ArtSha

Kea

 
by GorCar

Kea

 
by WaaHin

Kākāpō

by WilGor

Kea Drawing

 
Keas are members of the parrot family and they are native New Zealand birds. It is related to the kākāpō and the kākā.
Keas have the most beautiful green feathers and orange under its wings. The kea is 460 mm long. It has a strong hooked beak. It has feet that are for perching.
Keas live in the ranges [...]