Story: Ngārara – reptiles
This is the wēta punga (Cook Strait giant wētā). All wētā were considered repulsive, and the wētā punga especially so – it was named after the ‘ugly god’ Punga.
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Natural Sciences Image Library of New Zealand
Reference: In0451Mrt.Tif
Photograph by John Marris
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