Story: Native plants and animals – overview All images & media From page 1 – Species unique to New Zealand Split from Gondwana Weevils Fossil turtle find Native worm Silvereye From page 2 – Forest animals Haast’s eagle Mt Taranaki (Mt Egmont) Cuvier Island tuatara Giant centipede Land snail (Wainuia urnula) eating an earthworm From page 3 – Alpine, wetland and coastal animals Rock wrens Paradise ducks (1st of 3) Galaxiid (2nd of 3) Mayfly (3rd of 3) Kingfisher at a nest hole From page 4 – Unusual characteristics of animals Kākāpō and nestlings Radiation of wētā species Prime ministers and takahē Extinct coot Stilbocarpa weevil, Snares Island From page 5 – Plants and fungi Lichens Kauri (1st of 3) Mountain beech, Fiordland (2nd of 3) Conifer–broadleaf forest (3rd of 3) Conifer–broadleaf forest Black beech in flower From page 6 – Alpine, wetland and coastal plants Snow tussock, hebe and Dracophyllum (1st of 3) Alpine plants (2nd of 3) Vegetable sheep (3rd of 3) Native replanting Sand dunes From page 7 – Unusual plant features Megaherb, Enderby Island, Male and female kahikatea Divaricating shrub Adult and juvenile lancewoods Mountain horopito
