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Contents: Shining cuckoo = Pīpīwharauroa : the nest robber -- Leatherback sea turtle = Honu : world-record holder -- Black petrel = Tāiko : young, solo traveller -- Blue moon butterfly = Pūrerehua : winging it -- Crayfish = Kōura : time for a long walk -- Longfin eel = Tuna : a life-long journey -- Bar-tailed godwit = Kuaka : non-stop flyer -- Humpback whale Tohorā : an epic journey -- Northern royal albatross = Toroa : the ocean wanterer -- Tawaki = Fiordland crested penguin : hide and seek -- White shark = Mangō : apex predator -- Sooty shearwater = Tītī : summer breeze
Summary: Many New Zealand's animals make incredible journeys as part of their everyday lives. In this new book from leading author and illustrator Ned Barraud, he uncovers the mystery behind where many of our animals go. Toroa/albatross can spend years at sea roaming the windswept Southern Ocean, only coming ashore to breed. Koura/crayfish often undertake long walks along the seabed for hundreds of kilometres - no one really knows why. Tuna/longfin eels leave our lakes and rivers to make one final journey into the Pacific Ocean, where they produce eggs for a new generation, before they die. And who would have thought that tawaki/Fiordland crested penguins would leave our southern coastline to travel up to 7000 kilometres in search of food. (Publisher)