Story: Native plants and animals – overview

More links and websites

• New Zealand native animals

  This Department of Conservation page describes New Zealand’s unique species.

• New Zealand native plants

  New Zealand's native flora are the focus of this Department of Conservation page.

• New Zealand Plant Conservation Network

  The New Zealand Plant Conservation Network’s overview of New Zealand plants.

More suggestions and sources

• Brockie, Robert. A living New Zealand forest. Auckland: Bateman, 1992.
• Dawson, John, and Rob Lucas. Nature guide to the New Zealand forest. Auckland: Godwit, 2000.
• Heather, Barrie D., and Hugh A. Robertson. The field guide to the birds of New Zealand. Auckland: Viking, 2005.
• Powell, A. W. B. Native animals of New Zealand. Auckland: Auckland Institute and Museum, 1987.
• Wardle, Peter. Vegetation of New Zealand. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991.
• Worthy, Trevor H., and Richard N. Holdaway. The lost world of the moa. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 2002.