Hunter Park Kindergarten

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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Animals at the beach, Nga kararehe i te one

He Kākara, a Whelk
Karengo, sea lettuce
He akiaki, a red billed gull.

He Ngaeti, Some periwinkles.


Rimurimu, neptunes necklace

He tākapu mate, a dead gannet


He ataata, pūpū, a catseye.



Nga tio Piripiri, Barnacles



He Papatangaroa, A spiny starfish




He weki, a snakestail star





He Tarawera, a common shrimp


He piritoka pākai anga (trans.), he rori, a shield shell limpet, Scutus antipodes.





He Rori, a sea slug (so cute!)




He Potipoti, a sandhopper


He Pāpaka Ura, a red rock crab.


He Pāua, an abalone




He rērere, a marbled rock crab (common rock crab)




He weki huna, A mottled brittle star





He Kina, a sea urchin


He Kāunga, a Hermit crab








He Pāpaka Huna, a dressing crab





He Kapu Parahua, a Cushion star



He Kōkopu (trans.), a common triplefin



He Kōkopu, a marine bully or variable triple fin


He karoro, a black backed gull

He punua ika?, a young fish?




2 comments:

Dave Mudford said...

Nice work Hunter Park

Serena Lucas said...

Wow, cool trip Hunter Park, what a lovely selection of photos of what lives in our world.