#australie aotearoa

[leslie-o-crieff]

Une victoire absolument pas rassurante pour les All Blacks. Certes il y a un peu de malchance mais pas seulement. Il faut montrer un meilleur visage au prochain match.

[all-the-nerdthings]

Behold, the southern lights! Aurora Australis! Glowy sky colors!!

[snototter]

A weka, or Māori Hen (Gallirallus australis) inspects stones in Aotearoa

by Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith

[holliano]

Very faint but still a definite sighting of Aurora Australis!!

11.10.2024

[blackbird-brewster]

Aurora Australis - 11 May 2024

Puketotara, Aotearoa

(Photos taken by a friend of mine)

[blackberryjambaby]

did any of my kiwi ( or aus!!) mutuals see the aurora australis this week?? it was way too cloudly here :(

[cheekybrassmonkey]

Hell yeah it happened again! Taken by me, out my laundry door at 4am while I was flinging cat shit into the wilderness cos living rural rocks

[incognitopolls]

Anon lives in aotearoa new zealand and was pleasantly surprised to find out they could see the aurora too!! it was very pretty and they're glad they got to see it. Feel free to put your country in the comments but no pressure 👍

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[sapphia]

Aurora Australis/The Southern Lights — Tai Tapu, Te Waipounamu, Aotearoa New Zealand

[ierotits]

woagh.......aurora australis.....from the middle of a city in aotearoa.....

[drhoz]

#2581 - Apteryx mantelli - North Island Brown Kiwi

One of Aotearoa's iconic flightless birds - in fact the human inhabitants of the island are frequently referred to as Kiwis. 'Apteryx' means 'without wings'. Generally the case with the humans, too.

The picture above is the photo the Hokitika Kiwi Centre gives you if you go in to see their resident birds - Kiwi are nocturnal and do NOT react well to flash photography, or bright light in general. The US zoo that was running Kiwi encounters in daylight caused an international incident when New Zealand found out. You probably could have heard the collective howl of outrage from across the Pacific.

Apteryx mantelli is part of the Brown Kiwi species complex - three species that were all considered Apteryx australis until genetic evidence proved otherwise. There's two other Kiwi species as well.

Females stand about 40 cm (16 in) in height and weigh a little over two and a half kilos.

Not, in fact, closely related to Aotearoa's enormous but equally flightless Moa - their closest known relatives are Madagascar's extinct Elephant Birds, and fossils from the St Bathams Fauna suggest the Kiwi's ancestors flew there well after the moa were already flightless. Their closest living relatives are the emu and cassowary of Australia.

Once they arrived, they promptly occupied one of the ecological niches that eslewhere are occupied by mammals. Kiwi are omnivores, and use their long beaks to probe for worms and other invertebrates in the leaf litter and soil. They have an extraordinarily good sense of smell for a bird. They've also been seen fishing for crayfish.

Kiwi as extremely vunerable to dog attack, which is just one reason all the species are considered Vulnerable to Critically Endangered. Stoats are another serious threat to younger birds, which is why eggs are taken from nests and reared in captivity until they're big enough to kick a stoat to death. Quite territorial - the captive birds patrolled the edges of their pens very intensely when the other bird was visible.

During the day, and when nesting, they live in burrows. They're also infamous for the size of their eggs, up to a quarter of the size of the hen. Unsurprisingly, after laying up to seven of those in a season, the hens want nothing to do with actually incubating the eggs. Chicks are precocious, entirely capable of walking and foraging within days of hatching.

Hokitika, Aotearoa New Zealand.

[leslie-o-crieff]

Bon, même si l'Aotearoa est pas au meilleur de sa forme, s'ils gagnent pas contre l'Australie là y a un énorme problème parce que l'Australie eux ils sont au bord du gouffre.

[notahorseindisguise]

australia is a pretty good name for australia. like i think its good. originally australia was called new holland. 👎👎👎 bad name too colonise-y.

and while it would be cool if we could do what aotearoa is trying to do and use an indigenous word for the land. australia did have over 250 distinct languages and over 800 different dialects. we'll never be able to get a good word that accurately reflects our indigenous history.

meanwhile, the name australia comes from the word australis, a latin word meaning southern, because before the brits "found" australia (it wasnt lost) they had been searching for terra australis, a southern land, for a long while. and australia being a name just essentially meaning southern. i think reflects all australians pretty decently. we're not up there. we're down here. and happy about it. yk? so theres a random history/etymology lesson for u ig

[tinydefector]

Silly little thing that I thought I'd laugh about today because at work I was listening to stuff over the mystery of Atlantis and they trying to figure out if it could have been a place in Europe, Asia, Africa and showing all of these things which date back to Plato and the whole time I'm sitting there going. "Has no one ever considered Australia and the many tiny island countries.

So before I continue, I would like to respect and honour the elders of the past, present, and future of each land. And pay custodians to the people of each country.

I know they were talking about an island that was the size of a continent which just vanished but when you look up some of the stuff about Australia. Such as what it looked like during the ice ages before the great melt.

And I see so many people trying to talk about different countries and esteeming artifscts and items trying to get the timeline close to when oral histories talked about Atlantis. And them dating items that from this day would only be maybe 10-15 thousand years old. When Australia has indigenous artifacts which date back

Which for that time could be considered advanced technology.

Not to mention We have our own stories of "great flood" which have been passed down throught oral traditions so vary depending on mob and location. But following that

"Australis" and then we have "Aotearoa" (New Zealand) but it isn't far of from Atlantis. It was just a silly little thing that honestly doubt there is really much to it but it was something I wanted to share with the internet because I haven't really seen much on the fact of Australia ever really being considered for possible being Atlantis. But yea silly little thought from work today and thought I'd share it. Not really the stuff I post here but hey if it gets people interested in doing some deep digging why not, it's a fun thing to think about.

[enactivewebs]

18.06

From chatty:

Aotearoa New Zealand has several native plants with rhizomatous growth habits. Here are some notable examples:

1. Pīngao (Ficinia spiralis)

Description: Pīngao is a sand-binding sedge found on coastal dunes. It has golden-yellow leaves and plays a crucial role in stabilizing sand dunes.

Rhizomes: The plant spreads via underground rhizomes, which help it anchor the shifting sands and survive in harsh coastal environments.

2. Kiekie (Freycinetia banksii)

Description: Kiekie is a climbing plant found in lowland forests. It produces edible fruit and has long, strap-like leaves.

Rhizomes: It spreads through rhizomes, allowing it to form dense mats on the forest floor or climb trees.

3. Mānia (Cordyline australis)

Description: Commonly known as the cabbage tree, Mānia is a distinctive tree with long, narrow leaves and a thick, fibrous trunk.

Rhizomes: Young plants can spread through underground rhizomes, especially when growing in swampy areas or after the parent tree has been damaged.

4. Toetoe (Austroderia species)

Description: Toetoe are tall grasses that resemble pampas grass but are native to New Zealand. They are often found in wetlands, along riverbanks, and in coastal areas.

Rhizomes: They spread through rhizomes, allowing them to form large clumps and stabilize soil in wet areas.

5. Hen and Chicken Fern (Asplenium bulbiferum)

Description: This fern is notable for producing small bulbils on its fronds, which can fall off and grow into new plants.

Rhizomes: It has creeping rhizomes that enable it to spread across the forest floor, creating dense fern colonies.

6. Horokaka (Disphyma australe)

Description: Also known as New Zealand ice plant, horokaka is a succulent groundcover found in coastal areas. It has thick, fleshy leaves and pink or white flowers.

Rhizomes: It spreads via rhizomes, making it effective at stabilizing coastal soils and sand dunes.

These endemic plants demonstrate the adaptability and ecological importance of rhizomatous growth in various environments across Aotearoa New Zealand.