Researchers with the Kivi Kuaka project are tagging a variety of Pacific birds, hoping they will reveal differences in their capacity to detect and respond to dangerous storms and tsunamis. Courtesy ...

The humble kuaka, also known as the bar-tailed godwit, has become the face of a new project being spearheaded by the Ministry of Social Development's E Tu Whanau programme. E Tu Whanau, which is aimed ...

The bar-tailed godwit (kuaka) has been crowned New Zealand's Bird of the Year after three weeks of close competition, heated campaigning and scandal. These lunatic long-distance fliers have the ...

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That sexy beast. With the long nose and even longer legs. Super sporty muscley bird. The godwit is this year's Bird of the Year. Complete with all the power that only a bird that flaps (not soars) all ...

The kuaka/godwits are returning to the Manawatūu Estuary at Foxton. The kuaka/godwits were welcomed on Saturday to the Manawatū Estuary at Foxton. Organised by the Manawatū Estuary Trust (MET), around ...