There is a legend that the Tieke followed the Mataatua canoe to Aotearoa.When the canoe passed Cuvier Island(Cuvier is south of Aotea,Great Barrier Island) the birds flew off to Cuvier and stayed there.
I whakapapa back to this canoe,and I have made Tieke a reoccuring image/presence in my research this year.
Tieke are members of the Wattle bird family,Huia(extinct) and Kokako(recovering).They are nectar feeders.The photo above has the Tieke feeding on Harakeke,nz flax flowers.
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