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Male (left) and female (right) magpies of Tasmania. The Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) is a medium-sized black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea. Three subspecies, including both black-backed and white-backed magpies, were introduced to New Zealand from the 1860s to control pests in pastures. They are ...
The name is the subject of a 1960 song by the New Zealand balladeer Peter Cape. [11] It appears in the 1976 (re-released in 1979) single "The Lone Ranger" by British band Quantum Jump, which featured in the title sequence of the second series of The Kenny Everett Video Show. [citation needed]
Rugby team Hawke's Bay Official Hawke's Bay Magpies emblem Union Hawke's Bay Rugby Union Nickname(s) Magpies Founded 1884 ; 141 years ago (1884) Location Poraiti, Napier, New Zealand Ground(s) McLean Park Coach(es) Brock James Captain(s) Tom Parsons Most appearances Orcades Crawford and Michael Johnson (137) Top scorer Jarrod Cunningham (1,380) Most tries Robbie Hunter (69) League(s) Bunnings ...
The Manukau Magpies are a rugby league football club based in Māngere, a suburb of Auckland in New Zealand, who compete in the Auckland Rugby League. The club was established in March 1912 after a meeting in Onehunga (where they were originally based).
Nyctemera annulata is found all over New Zealand, both in the North and South Islands as well as on smaller outlying islands. [10] The N. annulata caterpillar have the ability to freeze themselves and survive. [12] This tolerance of cold weather and freezing temperatures has ensured they are able to exist throughout New Zealand.
The Australian and New Zealand Association of Bellringers, known as ANZAB, is the organisation responsible for the promotion of English-style "full circle ringing" – namely change ringing and method ringing in bell towers with a peal of bells – across Australia and New Zealand.
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Denis James Matthews Glover DSC (9 December 1912 – 9 August 1980) was a New Zealand poet and publisher. Born in Dunedin, he attended the University of Canterbury where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts, and subsequently lectured.