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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: Kiwi pukupuku

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Kiwi pukupuku Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Kiwi pukupuku, 26.55 MB
Wed 29 Apr 2026

this wiki (and every wiki) we love the KIWI PUKUPUKU! listen to piet and liv kōrero about this special manu brought back from the brink of extinction !!

link to piet's notes about the manu here!

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Kororā

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Kororā Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Kororā, 28.93 MB
Wed 22 Apr 2026

another wiki, another manu! join liv and piet for a kōrero about the kororā/little penguin. one of liv's spirit manu YAY!

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Weka

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Weka Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Weka, 25.3 MB
Wed 8 Apr 2026

this week we are talking weka! a rapscallion rail according to piet. listen to hear about liv's special weka encounter. whakarongo mai nei!

link to piet's notes here!

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Kea

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Kea Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Kea, 31.06 MB
Wed 1 Apr 2026

are u feeling a lil cheekiana, do you like rubber and assorted car parts, do you classify yourself as an extrovert? well do we have the perfect manu for you! this week e te whānau, we are talking about the kea! a special olive-coloured parrot now located only in te wai pounamu, and a tāonga species for kai tahu! whakarongo mai nei xo

link to piet's notes about the kea Here!

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Pūtangitangi/Pūtakitaki

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Pūtangitangi/Pūtakitaki Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Pūtangitangi/Pūtakitaki, 24.37 MB
Wed 25 Mar 2026

this week whānau, piet and liv talk about the pūtangitangi/paradise shelduck! a very common manu but a very special one for piet, i mean what bird isn't special for piet at this point! 

link to piet's notes about the pūtangitangi here!

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Takahē

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Takahē Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Takahē, 27.9 MB
Wed 11 Mar 2026

this week piet (birdman 3000) and liv (birdlover 3000) are talking about everyone's fav fatty boom bird, the takahē! the hide and seek champion of aotearoa and truly the biggest comeback story to come out of the murchison mountains.

link to piet's notes here!

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Tauhou/silvereye

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Tauhou/silvereye Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Tauhou/silvereye, 29.65 MB
Wed 4 Mar 2026

i te wiki nei, piet and liv talk about the tauhou! the silvereye! a special native manu whose population is actually stable! yay for that rare trend! featuring words of wisdom from piet as always :--)

link to piet's notes about te tauhou here!

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Moa

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Moa Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Moa, 31.37 MB
Wed 25 Feb 2026

the moa might be extinct but it lives on in our collective psyche. liv is  joined by the birdman 3000, piet tuinder, to kōrero about the moa; a special manu with much significance for tāngata whenua in aotearoa. wish the moa was still here so we could go to the pub and ratite out together x

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Tākoketai/Black Petrel

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Tākoketai/Black Petrel Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Tākoketai/Black Petrel, 30.46 MB
Wed 18 Feb 2026

i tēnei wiki, we are talking about the tākoketai/black petrel... also known as the tāiko! a very important manu to ngāti rehui-ngātiwai ki aotea that calls aotea/great barrier island and hauturu-o-toi/little barrier islands it's kāinga!

link to piet's notes here! whakarongo mai nei!

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!