M Ori Culture - Taniwha, Mana, Tuatara, Kakapo, Taonga, Huia, New Zealand Cuisine, New Zealand Hip Hop, Poi, One Tree Hill, New Zealand (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 80. Chapters: Taniwha, Mana, Tuatara, Kakapo, Taonga, Huia, New Zealand cuisine, New Zealand hip hop, Poi, One Tree Hill, New Zealand, M ori mythology, M ori traditional textiles, Whitehead, Apirana Ngata, T moko, Marae, Waka, M ori music, Witi Ihimaera, M ori Television, Mere, Kapa haka, M ori King Movement, Whakapapa, T ngata whenua, Moana, Ka Mate, Keri Hulme, This Horrid Practice, Black Grace, Pounamu, Te Reo, Ki-o-rahi, Taiaha, P whiri, Jake "the Muss" Heke, New Zealand M ori Arts and Crafts Institute, Taua, Te Uenuku, M ori Television Service, Wharenui, Hone Taiapa, R hui, Wairoa M ori Film Festival, Mokoia Island, List of M ori composers, H ngi, Korotangi, Patu, Kaitiaki, M ori poetry, Te Uruhina McGarvey-Tiakiwai, K k poria, Ngati Ranana, Koru Flag, Mu Torere, T niko, Tohunga, Mount Taupiri, Karanga, Te Wharekura o Ruatoki Kapa Haka, Te Karere, Taha M ori, Boil-up, Wahaika, Toi Maori Aotearoa, Kotiate, Tikanga M ori, Whakairo, Tewhatewha, Karakia, M ripi, Hoeroa, Tapawai, Waka taua, Rewena bread. Excerpt: The Kakapo (M ori: k k p, meaning night parrot), Strigops habroptila (Gray, 1845), also called owl parrot, is a species of large, flightless nocturnal parrot endemic to New Zealand. It has finely blotched yellow-green plumage, a distinct facial disc of sensory, vibrissa-like feathers, a large grey beak, short legs, large feet, and wings and a tail of relatively short length. A certain combination of traits makes it unique among its kind-it is the world's only flightless parrot, the heaviest parrot, nocturnal, herbivorous, visibly sexually dimorphic in body size, has a low basal metabolic rate, no male parental care, and is the only parrot to have a polygynous lek breeding system. It is also possibly one of the world's longest-living birds. Its anatomy typifies the tendency of bird evolution on oceanic islands, with fe...