#huia — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #huia, aggregated by home.social.
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This evening Radio NZ rebroadcast a 2016 interview between host Jessie Mulligan and sound archivist Sarah Johnston, about the only recording we have of what the extinct huia bird sounds like.
We lost the huia in the early 1900s, before recording equipment was available, but what we do have is a recording from the late 1940s of Hēnare Hāmana mimicking the calls of the male and female huia. Some North Island Māori were expert at making huia calls, used to lure the birds in to catch them (in part for their valued feathers). Hēnare had been part of a (failed) expedition into the Ruahine Ranges around 1900 to try and catch huia to bring them into captivity to try and prevent their extinction.
While RNZ doesn't have the interview on its website "due to copyright restrictions", the original recording by Hēnare Hāmana is available below on the website of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.
It's sad but worth a listen. We came so close to still having these remarkable birds around.
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This evening Radio NZ rebroadcast a 2016 interview between host Jessie Mulligan and sound archivist Sarah Johnston, about the only recording we have of what the extinct huia bird sounds like.
We lost the huia in the early 1900s, before recording equipment was available, but what we do have is a recording from the late 1940s of Hēnare Hāmana mimicking the calls of the male and female huia. Some North Island Māori were expert at making huia calls, used to lure the birds in to catch them (in part for their valued feathers). Hēnare had been part of a (failed) expedition into the Ruahine Ranges around 1900 to try and catch huia to bring them into captivity to try and prevent their extinction.
While RNZ doesn't have the interview on its website "due to copyright restrictions", the original recording by Hēnare Hāmana is available below on the website of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.
It's sad but worth a listen. We came so close to still having these remarkable birds around.
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"A lot of expectation has been piled on Te #Huia to achieve both significant increases in patronage and increased farebox #revenue in a short space of time. No such expectations are placed on new #roads when they open, where #uncongested journeys on an empty #road is seen as a sign of success, not failure."
"Te Huia, the regional train between #Hamilton and #Auckland, has been given a one-year life extension. But it needs more bums on seats to ensure it becomes permanent. Read on for more.
Darren Davis
Mar 23, 2026"https://greaterauckland.substack.com/p/te-huia-what-comes-next
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"A lot of expectation has been piled on Te #Huia to achieve both significant increases in patronage and increased farebox #revenue in a short space of time. No such expectations are placed on new #roads when they open, where #uncongested journeys on an empty #road is seen as a sign of success, not failure."
"Te Huia, the regional train between #Hamilton and #Auckland, has been given a one-year life extension. But it needs more bums on seats to ensure it becomes permanent. Read on for more.
Darren Davis
Mar 23, 2026"https://greaterauckland.substack.com/p/te-huia-what-comes-next
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Joseph Te Huia breaks into home, unleashes vicious attack on woman who had been gaming
The attack was only stopped by police, who smashed their way through her glass lounge door to save…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Attack #been #breaks #Gaming #had #home #huia #into #Joseph #NewZealand #NZ #on #te #unleashes #vicious #who #woman
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From Thieving Parrots To Boozy Pigeons: Why New Zealand Is Obsessed With Its Native Birds
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/26/from-thieving-parrots-to-boozy-pigeons-why-new-zealand-is-obsessed-with-its-native-birds <-- shared media article
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#newzealand #wildlife #nativebirds #MiamiZoo #kiwi #Pāora #ecology #Aotearoa #ecological #bird #birds #flightless ##conservation #endangeredspecies #feral #culling #introduced #feralpredators #cats #domesticcats #protection #extinction #birdoftheyear #tui #kākāpō #woodpigeon #moa #huia #Maori #Māori
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From Thieving Parrots To Boozy Pigeons: Why New Zealand Is Obsessed With Its Native Birds
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/26/from-thieving-parrots-to-boozy-pigeons-why-new-zealand-is-obsessed-with-its-native-birds <-- shared media article
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#newzealand #wildlife #nativebirds #MiamiZoo #kiwi #Pāora #ecology #Aotearoa #ecological #bird #birds #flightless ##conservation #endangeredspecies #feral #culling #introduced #feralpredators #cats #domesticcats #protection #extinction #birdoftheyear #tui #kākāpō #woodpigeon #moa #huia #Maori #Māori
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