On the brink : New Zealand's most endangered species / by Maria Gill ; illustrations Terry Fitzgibbon.
Momo rauemi: TextKaiwhakaputa: Auckland, New Zealand : New Holland Publishers (NZ) Ltd, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Whakaahuatanga: 32 pages : colour illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:- 9781869665180
- 186966518X
- New Zealand's most endangered species
- 578.680993 23
Momo tuemi | Tauwāhi onāianei | Kohinga | Tau karanga | Tūnga | Rā oti | Waeherepae | Ngā puringa tuemi | |
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Children's nonfiction | Pātea LibraryPlus Children's | Children's nonfiction | 590 ANIMALS (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | Wātea | I2188250 | |||
Children's nonfiction | Stratford Children's | Children's nonfiction | 591.993 GIL (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | I takina atu | 05/04/2024 | A00842241 |
Disappearing acts -- The top 5 endangered birds: New Zealand fairy tern -- Black stilt -- Orange fronted parakeet -- Kākāpō -- Chatham Island tāiko -- The top 5 endangered marine mammals: Māui dolphin -- Bryde's whale -- Southern elephant seal -- Orca -- New Zealand sea lion -- The top 5 endangered reptiles, frogs and bats: Hamilton's frog -- Northern lesser short-tailed bat -- New Zealand long-tailed bat -- Chesterfield skink -- Muriwai gecko -- The top 5 endangered fish: Lowland longjaw galaxias -- Canterbury mudfish -- Great white shark -- Basking shark -- Southern bluefin tuna -- The top 5 endangered insects: Mokohinau stag beetle -- Tekapo ground wētā -- Te Paki stick insect -- Alpine grasshopper -- Forest ringlet butterfly -- Saving the endangered -- Conservation life-savers.
Discover our most threatened animals in New Zealand. From the beautiful forest ringlet butterfly to the down-right ugly southern elephant seal, the cheeky kãkãpõ to the super-sensory-powered ambush hunters the great white sharks. Every one of the unique species in our waters and on our land is threatened by predators, land changes, pollution, and other human-induced disturbances. As well as finding out how unique these animals are, you’ll read what is harming them, and most importantly what we can do to help them.
Primary, intermediate National Library of New Zealand.
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