Like John Oliver did for the Puteketeke in 2023, we want to champion the Australasian Bittern Matuku-Hurepo, in the 2024 Bird of the Year Competition. We have been studying our estuary and have discovered this very rare and very shy shore bird that we hope will move into Wakaaranga Creek.
Bitterns are a Threatened (Nationally Critical) species and only 250-1,000 mature individuals remain. Matuku are wetland birds, eating eels, frogs,
fish, and insects. They are 70cm tall and have a distinctive “freeze” stance when disturbed, while their brown-grey plumage enables them to
camouflage into the reeds.
Year 6 further researched bitterns and then created artwork to
promote this bird for Bird of the Year.
We are also going to enter the Forest Bridge Trust Bittern.
You can view our mahi here:
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