Taranaki is a mountain volcano, which looks almost too perfect to be real. The 2518m high mountains, known also as Mount Egmont, is one of the most symmetrical stratovolcanoes in the world…
Muttonbirding
Since early human arrival to New Zealand people have hunted the titi. This seabird is also known as the sooty shearwater or muttonbird. Maori continue to have legal rights to harvest titi in Rakiura. Traditionally the birds were preserved in kelp bags.
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