Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 22 minutes ago

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Join us for some creative activities all about one of the rarest birds in the world – the tara iti ( New Zealand fairy tern)!

Learn about this special taonga, how to pronounce their name in te reo Māori, draw your own feathered friend, and even create your own tara iti inspired poem!

You can find out more about tara iti at aucklandzoo.co.nz/news.