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  New Zealand dollar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The mohua, a bird found in certain areas of the South Island.
The New Zealand dollar (currency code NZD) is the currency of New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau, and the Pitcairn Islands since 1967.
Cook Islands also issues its own currency, the Cook Islands dollar, alongside with the New Zealand dollar.
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 Waas
The mechanics of duetting in a New Zealand endemic, the kokako (Callaeas cinerea wilsoni): Song at a snail’s pace.
Two heads are better than one: responses of the duetting kokako to one- and two-speaker playback.
Hartley, L., O'Connor,C.E., Waas, J.R., and Matthews, L.R. Colour preferences in North Island robins (Petroica australis): Implications for deterring birds from poisonous baits.
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 Staff Publication Bibliography 2002 - 2003 Complete List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Basse, B.; Flux, I.; Innes, J. 2003: Recovery and maintenance of North Island kokako (Callaeas cinerea wilsoni) populations through pulsed pest control.
Norbury, G.; Heyward, R.; Parkes, J. 2002: Short-term ecological effects of rabbit haemorrhagic disease in the short-tussock grasslands of the South Island, New Zealand.
North, H.; Lilburne, L.; Pairman, D.; Webb, T.; Burgham, S.; Belliss, S. 2002: Mapping agricultural land use practices using multi-temporal satellite remote sensing.
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Although much concern and attention is focused on the continental land-masses, and particularly on tropical rainforests most extinctions recorded have been on islands because their endemic habitats and small populations easily lead to extinction of an entire species.
One such species was the proverbial dodo which, during its long evolution on the island of Mauritius, lost both its power of flight and its sense of fear when neither was needed.
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 Te Puna Web Directory > NZ > Environment
The structure, and projects, and activities of the society, which was formed with the main objective of supporting the Department of Conservation's restoration plan for Mana Island.
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Tiritiri Matanga Island has been established as an island sanctuary for rare and endangered wildlife and plants.
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