THE WHITE HERON
Lake Okarito. on the West Coast of the South Island, is a. dimming sane tuarv only recently gazetted as such, says an Exchange, and 's the only known nesting place in New Zealand of the beautiful white heron or kotuku. Only about a dozen birds are to lie found on the lake at present, hut as they are jealously guarded by the nearest residents they should increase. Amongst the Maoris this lurd is considered sacred, and that death qur-k----lv Imfalls any person who kills one.
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 April 1929, Page 5
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88THE WHITE HERON Hokitika Guardian, 20 April 1929, Page 5
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