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Once abundant numbers have declined dramatically due to habitat loss and predators.
 
Once abundant numbers have declined dramatically due to habitat loss and predators.
  
Good populations still exist in Waiheke.
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Good populations still exist in Waiheke.  
  
 
Kereru are the only seed disperser of large fruits of trees such as the Karaka and Taraire. DOC suggest the disappearance of the Kereru would be a disaster for native forest generation
 
Kereru are the only seed disperser of large fruits of trees such as the Karaka and Taraire. DOC suggest the disappearance of the Kereru would be a disaster for native forest generation

Revision as of 10:30, 17 August 2007

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Kereru (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) in Māori it is the kererū, kūkū, or kukupa

Once abundant numbers have declined dramatically due to habitat loss and predators.

Good populations still exist in Waiheke.

Kereru are the only seed disperser of large fruits of trees such as the Karaka and Taraire. DOC suggest the disappearance of the Kereru would be a disaster for native forest generation