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Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu

Venture out of the studio and into Te Taiao to learn about the the manu of Aotearoa with Liv's homie, conservation worker and xxxtreme bird enthusiast, Piet Tuinder.

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Ngutu Pare/Wrybill - Pēpuere 4, 2026

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Ngutu Pare/Wrybill - Pēpuere 4, 2026 Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Ngutu Pare/Wrybill - Pēpuere 4, 2026, 30.63 MB
Wed 4 Feb 2026

much to liv's delight we are talking about another braided river bird this wiki! yeah that's right my skuxxes, it's the freaking wrybill, the ngutu pare!!! we love this bird so much and u better love her too cos otherwise piet will b mad XD

link to piet's notes on the wrybill here!

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Matuku Hūrepo - Hānuere 28, 2026

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Matuku Hūrepo - Hānuere 28, 2026 Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Matuku Hūrepo - Hānuere 28, 2026, 30.74 MB
Wed 28 Jan 2026

u think u know all the birds and then the matuku hūrepo/australasian bittern comes out and bites u in the bum and says hey guys pls talk about me! join piet and liv for a dive into the australasian bittern, a very elusive and sexy manu, in desperate need of our awhi and attention! whakarongo mai nei :-))

link to piet's notes about the matuku hūrepo here!

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Kererū - Hanuere 21, 2026

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Kererū - Hanuere 21, 2026 Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Kererū - Hanuere 21, 2026, 28.84 MB
Wed 21 Jan 2026

2026 is here and me and all my homies love native manu is back! strap in boiz cos it's a ripper today, te KERERŪ!!!!! listen in to hear about these PHAT aunties of the sky, their drunken antics and amazing co-parenting skills (dads could learn something from this)!

whakarongo mai nei!

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Kotare - Tīhema 17, 2025

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Kotare - Tīhema 17, 2025 Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Kotare - Tīhema 17, 2025, 33.88 MB
Wed 17 Dec 2025

the final manu chat of the year and this week we are having a kōrero about te kotare/sacred kingfisher! a special native bird which needs no introduction :) whakarongo mai nei!

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Tūturiwhatu - Tīhema 10, 2025

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Tūturiwhatu - Tīhema 10, 2025 Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Tūturiwhatu - Tīhema 10, 2025, 28.26 MB
Wed 10 Dec 2025

we are back for another wiki of bird talk lashgo! i te wiki nei, we are talking about the tūturiwhatu/dotterel :--))

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Toroa - Tīhema 3, 2025

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Toroa - Tīhema 3, 2025 Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Toroa - Tīhema 3, 2025, 30.57 MB
Wed 3 Dec 2025

i te wiki nei, we are talking about the magic manu, te toroa/northern royal albatross!

 

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Warou - Rāapa 26 Noema, 2025

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Warou - Rāapa 26 Noema, 2025 Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Warou - Rāapa 26 Noema, 2025, 28.12 MB
Wed 26 Nov 2025

this week we have a kōrero about the warou/welcome swallow, and piet theorises that the welcome swallow is the most popular tattoo worldwide. pls send in empirical evidence of this xx

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Pīwauwau - Noema 19, 2025

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Pīwauwau - Noema 19, 2025 Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Pīwauwau - Noema 19, 2025, 26.58 MB
Wed 19 Nov 2025

i te wiki nei, we are talking about the pīwauwau/rock wren. it's a very special manu that is endangered and needs our research and resources to support it! whakarongo mai nei :--))

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Tītī/Sooty shearwater - Noema 12, 2025

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Tītī/Sooty shearwater - Noema 12, 2025 Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Tītī/Sooty shearwater - Noema 12, 2025, 39.57 MB
Wed 12 Nov 2025

i te wiki nei, piet tuinder (my giant friend) and i kōrero about the tītī! the muttonbird! the sooty shearwater! it's an important manu for our whānui kai tahu in rakiura! whakarongo mai and be awesome like the tītī! xx

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Kāruhiruhi/Pied Shag

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Kāruhiruhi/Pied Shag Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Kāruhiruhi/Pied Shag, 36.64 MB
Wed 5 Nov 2025

we love shags! we love the kāruhiruhi! whakarongo mai nei~!!!