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Taniwha and Taonga

Taniwha and Taonga

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Author:
Mike Howell
Released:
July 2025
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Paperback
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A sequel to Fur to Feathers
A long time ago when the Earth was green,
there were more types of songbirds than you’ve ever seen.
There were huia and tūī, and the korimako
and the loveliest of all was the kōkako.
There were pelicans, wrybills and adzebills too,
kahu, kererū, and kōtuku,
kiwi, takahē and kākāpō
and lots of other birds that would soon all go.

There were birds too heavy to ever fly, with no animals around to make them try. Then along came the rats, cats and egg-eating stoats, and the morning singers went down their throats. Farms were fenced and the bush was cleared, birds lost their homes and some disappeared. Wrens, yellow heads and flightless rails, lizards, and weta and paryphanta snails... and the Victorian collectors Holy Grail…? Huia were hunted for their lovely tail.
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