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"The hoiho, also known as takaraka or yellow-eyed penguin, holds a special
place in Aotearoa New Zealand’s natural identity.
Shy and solitary, with its distinctive yellow headband and pale eyes, it is one
of the world’s rarest penguins and among the country’s most recognisable
wildlife species.
For Ngāi Tahu, the hoiho is a taonga species closely tied to the health of the
ocean and coastal ecosystems. The bird’s image appears on New Zealand’s $5 note
alongside Sir Edmund Hillary, while its decline has become one of the country’s
most urgent conservation stories.
That story has taken a new turn, with a just-published genomic analysis
revealing the hoiho is not a single population, but three deeply distinct
subspecies. Without immediate intervention, one of those subspecies could
vanish within decades."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
