Today, I did the Māori Step It Up version of birds. I watched 2 videos and guessed a book. The first video I watched was about the traditional Māori story on the battle of the sea birds and the land birds. The book I read in Te Reo Māori was about different birds, like the owl being a nighttime bird and the pūkeko being a swamp side bird. Because I cannot read Māori, I had to use Google Translate to get an idea on what the book is about. I also watched another video on a Māori story on how the kiwi lost it’s wings.
In the story of how kiwi lost it’s wings, it talks about the kiwi (bird) having wings a long time ago. This guardian said the forest was dying of insects and it needs a bird to sacrifice it’s wings and eat the insects. The kiwi’s bird friends denies the request and only kiwi is left last. Kiwi accepts the sacrifice and becomes a flightless bird. Kiwi also becomes the favourite because the guardian is not pleased with the other birds. The guardian force sad changes to kiwi’s friends and promote kiwi to be the best. Apparently this is why New Zealand goes by “Kiwi”.
After learning about these facts, I crafted a native bird from New Zealand. I used paper and glue. This is my bird penholder, and please try to guess what native bird I have tried to create.
Answer: Hoiho or yellow-eyed penguin.
What is your favourite native bird from your country?