Kākā

Nestor meridionalis

The New Zealand kākā is a large species of parrot of the family Strigopidae found in New Zealand's native forests across the three main Islands of New Zealand. The species is often known by the abbreviated name kākā, although it shares this name with the Norfolk kākā and Chatham kākā, both recently extinct. Two subspecies of New Zealand kākā are recognised. It is endangered and has disappeared from much of its former range, though the re-introduction of North Island kākā at Zealandia in Wellington has led to an increasing population of the birds across the city.

Ko te Kākā he manu ngahere nō Aotearoa, hopukia ai hei mōkai i ngā wā o mua. Ko te kākā mōkai hei whakangē, kia rere mai ai ētahi atu kākā. Ko te kākā, he manu tino turituri. Haruru ana te ngahere i te turituri o te tangi a tēnei manu. Koirā te whakataukī: He kūkū ki te kāinga, he kākā ki te haere. Ko te kūkū, arā, te kererū, kahore e rangona ana e turituri ana tana tangi; he manu āta tangi. He whakatauakī tēnei mō tētahi tangata, i tōna ake kāinga, marae rānei, kāhore āna kōrero, wahangū noa iho ia. Engari ki te haere atu ana ki te kāinga, marae rānei o tētahi atu, kei runga ia e pahupahu ana e whakaturituri ana. Ka whakaritea ngā tāngata pēnei ki te kūkū i ngā wā o te nohopuku. ā ki te kākā i ngā wā e puta whakarere ai āna kōrero. Ko te ingoa pūtaiao ko Nestor meridionalis.

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