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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: 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~!!!

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Taranui/Caspian Tern - Oketopa 29, 2025

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Taranui/Caspian Tern - Oketopa 29, 2025 Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Taranui/Caspian Tern - Oketopa 29, 2025, 36.22 MB
Wed 29 Oct 2025

i te wiki nei, piet and liv kōrero about piet's current bird obsession, the taranui/caspian tern! it's the world's biggest tern and we are it's biggest fan. shout out taranui!

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Pouākai - Oketopa 15, 2025

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Pouākai - Oketopa 15, 2025 Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Pouākai - Oketopa 15, 2025, 38.91 MB
Wed 15 Oct 2025

i te wiki nei, piet and liv kōrero about the infamous pouākai/haast's eagle! it's the first extinct manu we have delved into. whakarongo mai nei!

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Ruru - Oketopa 8, 2025

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Ruru - Oketopa 8, 2025 Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Ruru - Oketopa 8, 2025, 38.59 MB
Wed 8 Oct 2025

episode 4! we luv the ruru/morepork and we are here to talk to u about it this week! it's our only surviving native owl and we must protect her she's so sexy

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Kakī - Oketopa 1, 2025

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Kakī - Oketopa 1, 2025 Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Kakī - Oketopa 1, 2025, 38.01 MB
Wed 1 Oct 2025

episode 3! join us as we head down south (mentally not physically) to kōrero about the kakī/black stilt! it's liv's fav bird and an icon of the te manahuna/mackenzie basin area! the kakī is the rarest wading bird in the world and needs our help urgently. tune in to learn more we luv u kakī!!

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Kuaka - September 24, 2025

Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Kuaka - September 24, 2025 Me and All My Homies Love Native Manu: Kuaka - September 24, 2025, 59.35 MB
Wed 24 Sep 2025

episode 2! we are talking about the kuaka/bar-tailed godwit. these manu go on a huge haerenga from western alaska to aotearoa for the summer months, and then head back up north in autumn to breed. piet and i are #obsessed with the kuaka!