GIVING US THE BIRD
HEN the New Zealand soldier took the name of "Kiwi," he made, in one way, an unfortunate choice. According to A. P. Harper (above), the Kiwi is a peculiarly stupid bird and not half as intelligent as the weka. So "Weka" might have been a more appropriate name for the New Zealand Division.
Mr. Harper, a member of the English Alpine Club, and one of the two surviving "fathers" of mountaineering and exploring in New Zealand, is 80 years of age. His father was Leonard Harper, who made the first crossing of the Southern Alps in 1857 and with James Mackay was responsible for the earliest exploration of’ South Westland. He is a nephew of Archdeacon Harper, a notable figure in the early history of the West Coast of the South Island. He himself has explored the wildest and most distant corners of Westland and has met and talked with some of its picturesque characters. Shortly the NBS will broadcast six || talks by Mr. Harper-on the weka, more about the weka, the kiwi, the kakapo, small bush birds, and the kea. He will describe the birds as he saw them 50° years ago in South Westland. The first of these talks will be heard from 3YA on October 30 at 7.15 p.m.; later they will go round the stations.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 330, 19 October 1945, Page 7
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223GIVING US THE BIRD New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 330, 19 October 1945, Page 7
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