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Maximus ENDANGERED
My brother maximus and I are Did you know?
not very different, although his
family is doing better than mine. The scientific name of
The small difference between us Kaka-beak is Clianthus puniceus,
is that whilst I have matt, grey- derived from Greek words kleos,
green, narrow leaves maximus has meaning ‘glory’, anthos meaning
glossy, green, and broad leaves. ‘flower’, and puniceus, meaning
His flowers are a bit bigger than
mine. Perhaps, that’s why he is ‘reddish-purple’.
called ‘King Kaka’.
Lost glory
There are varied reasons why my family
is dying, with less than two hundred
of us left in the wild. We grow best on
undisturbed sites, which is a rarity now,
especially with competing plants like
Mexican daisies around. Animals such
as goats, pigs, and rats introduced from
outside have damaged our population
heavily. Now, the possibility of our
survival seems very bleak.
sOunrlvyivaeboinutthtewwo ihldunindrtehde Kaka-beak plants
Hawkes Bay area.
Hold on glory pea
Most of my home falls within the Te CR
Urewera National Park, where we were ED
protected until the deer there started ENENDANGER
eating us. Now, a recovery plan has VU
been chalked out to help stabilize our
population with the help of the locals, by
educating them and encouraging them
TKhaekaM-baeoarki cpullatnivtastteoofreneadmcaepnttiavle birds. to help save us. It is very crucial now to
see this plan through continuously, so
that my family can recover.
My brother maximus and I are Did you know?
not very different, although his
family is doing better than mine. The scientific name of
The small difference between us Kaka-beak is Clianthus puniceus,
is that whilst I have matt, grey- derived from Greek words kleos,
green, narrow leaves maximus has meaning ‘glory’, anthos meaning
glossy, green, and broad leaves. ‘flower’, and puniceus, meaning
His flowers are a bit bigger than
mine. Perhaps, that’s why he is ‘reddish-purple’.
called ‘King Kaka’.
Lost glory
There are varied reasons why my family
is dying, with less than two hundred
of us left in the wild. We grow best on
undisturbed sites, which is a rarity now,
especially with competing plants like
Mexican daisies around. Animals such
as goats, pigs, and rats introduced from
outside have damaged our population
heavily. Now, the possibility of our
survival seems very bleak.
sOunrlvyivaeboinutthtewwo ihldunindrtehde Kaka-beak plants
Hawkes Bay area.
Hold on glory pea
Most of my home falls within the Te CR
Urewera National Park, where we were ED
protected until the deer there started ENENDANGER
eating us. Now, a recovery plan has VU
been chalked out to help stabilize our
population with the help of the locals, by
educating them and encouraging them
TKhaekaM-baeoarki cpullatnivtastteoofreneadmcaepnttiavle birds. to help save us. It is very crucial now to
see this plan through continuously, so
that my family can recover.
