I remember being taken to Okarito, in Westland, when I was a young child, with the express intent to see the colony of Kōtuku (White Heron, Ardea modesta). Other than in zoos, I have not seen one since until I was alerted to this one hanging around the Waimanu Lagoons at the Waikanae River mouth.
Kōtuku
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