tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post8979683377470558490..comments2024-01-01T21:19:43.721+13:00Comments on THE LAST VISIBLE DOG: Grey warbler and shining cuckooKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-25142811284533868282008-10-10T10:05:00.000+13:002008-10-10T10:05:00.000+13:00Tillerman - I think if I was up early enough, I co...Tillerman - I think if I was up early enough, I could hear it up at Otanewainuku...<BR/><BR/>Your Imperialist lunacy leaves me speechless YP.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-7126488394377540262008-10-10T09:07:00.000+13:002008-10-10T09:07:00.000+13:00I am afraid you are mistaken ma'am- "I hea koe I t...I am afraid you are mistaken ma'am<BR/>- "I hea koe I te tangihanga o te riroriro?" means "May I crush your oranges with my bare Maori feet?"Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-57290573650507641372008-10-09T22:20:00.000+13:002008-10-09T22:20:00.000+13:00I like the old maori story - It sounds like a vari...I like the old maori story - It sounds like a variation on the story of the Little Red Hen.<BR/><BR/>In early NZ as you probably know (before the introduction of exotic species such as rats and stoats and weasels) we had what was called the 'Dawn Chorus' - the song of so many birds that they acted like an alarm clock of sorts - sad that that has all gone - but it may be revived again in special areas like off shore islands where introduced pests have been eradicated.Alden Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06601028197387499096noreply@blogger.com