The Kawau Tikitiki (Parekareka, Spotted Shag, Blue Shag, Phalacrocorax punctatus) is perhaps the most distinctive shag of those seen commonly in Aotearoa New Zealand.

I see one from time to time in the inner Wellington Harbour, however this one was one of many flying back and forth fetching nesting material at Ohau Point, just north of Kaikōura.