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If you’re wondering about the images we use, we want to acknowledge the personhood of each organism here.

Photography credit | Tara Swan

Photography credit | Tara Swan

Photography credit | Tara Swan

Tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae)

Native to Aotearoa. Currently undergoing a regenesis with populations recovering, as colonial brought predators are reduced. dual voice box allow tūī to make two sounds at the same time.

the stems can develop a high degree of stiffness (Young’s modulus) via a dense hypodermal sterome that is comparable with that of woody stems of vascular plants

Frenzke, L., Wanke, S., Isnard, S., Stoll, A., Neinhuis, C., & Rowe, N. P. (2011). Stem biomechanics of the giant moss Dendroligotrichum dendroides s.l. and its significance for growth form diversity in mosses. Journal of Bryology, 33(3), 229–236. https://doi.org/10.1179/1743282011Y.0000000011