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Pekapeka (bats) are the only living land mammal native to New Zealand.
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Māui dolphins are the smallest species of dolphin in the world.
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Hamilton’s frogs do not croak.
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Tuatara have been around since the dinosaurs.
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Possums care for their babies in their pouch for about 4-5 months.
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Piwakawaka use their broad tails to help them change directions quickly while in the air to catch insects.
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Weka love shiny objects.
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Little Blue Penguins have an average depth dive of 5-14 metres.
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New Zealand is home to the only bird in the world that has their nostrils on the end of their beak – the kiwi.
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New Zealand sea lions usually dive about 130 metres to fish, though they are capable of diving an incredible 600 metres.
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Tuatara can live to be over 100 years old.
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Of all the parrot species in the world, kākāpō are the heaviest.
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Pūkeko are great swimmers, even though they don’t have webbed feet!
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Kārearea, or New Zealand falcons, are fast flyers and are able to reach speeds of over 100 km/h.
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The rarest native fish in New Zealand is the lowland longjaw galaxias.
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The extinct South Island giant moa measured up to 2 metres high at the back, and could reach about 3.6 metres off the ground, making them the tallest bird species known!
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Geckos are unable to blink so they have to lick their eyes to prevent them from becoming too dry.