Story: European discovery of plants and animals All images & media From page 1 – The first naturalists Decorative birds (1st of 2) Māori genealogy (2nd of 2) Linnaeus’s garden Kōwhai Whau Tūī From page 2 – Cook’s second voyage, and the French Flax Moss Gecko Vegetable sheep From page 3 – Expeditions and surveys: 1830s–1870s Gurnard Brown skink Tree daisy (1st of 3) Mt Cook lily (2nd of 3) Mountain lacebark (3rd of 3) Giant land snails From page 4 – Sealers, missionaries and botanists Takahē Giant wētā Moa bones Cass Biological Station From page 5 – Naturalists: 1840s–1890s Brachyglottis greyi Larvae (1st of 3) Butterflies (2nd of 3) Moths (3rd of 3) Carex Stephens Island wrens From page 6 – New directions: 1890s–today Lassie the bird dog Tethered takahē (1st of 3) New Zealand’s rarest tree (2nd of 3) Tuatara (3rd of 3) Dolphin research
