The Whio - the name is printed on the note alongside the bird. It is otherwise known as the Blue Mountain Duck, and lives in mountain streams. It is very nimble and feeds on algae on the rocks. The name whio resembles the high pitched whistling sound the bird makes.
The Titipounamu or Rifleman (Acanthisitta chloris) is New Zealand's smallest native bird.
The Giant Moa.
Hoiho, the yellow-eyed penguin.
Whio is the name of the Blue duck, Hymenolaimus malacorhynchus.
On one side is Kate Sheppard (a New Zealander famous for her acts for womans rights) on the other side is a Whio (a New Zealand native bird) everything is blue tinted.
The Kiwi is a native New Zealand bird. The people of NZ are often nicknamed Kiwis, but this is considered highly offensive to the native people of New zealand.
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Poaka or Pied Stilt.Petrel.Putangitangi or Paradise Duck.Parekareka (Spotted Shag).
Half a dozen species of Penguin, Albatross, various Petrels and Seagulls.
The 1992 to 2000 New Zealand $50 note features Sir Apirana Ngata (politician) on the front. The reverse features the Blue Wattled Crow or Kokako (Calaeas cinerea), a view of Pureora Forest, the Supplejack or Kareao (Ripogonum scandens) and the Sky-blue mushroom (Entoloma hochstetteri).
Kate Sheppard is the person on the $NZ10 note. She was a driving force behind women's suffrage in NZ - a world leader in that movement. For an encyclopedic source, go to rbnz.govt.nz where there is a good section on NZ coins and notes, including history of them.
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