Takahes

This report is about a bird which is called a takahe and it lives in New Zealand. You can find this bird in Tiritiri Matangi but this bird is very rare.

Takahes are very similar to Pukekos but they have a baby blue back with some green feathers covering its back. On the tip of its tail is a little white patch. Its face is dark blue and towards its back is a much lighter blue. Takahes also have an red mixed with orange beak and also red legs.

Takahes can grow up to 63 centimetres long and the average weight for a male is about 2.7 kgs and for a female is 2.3 kgs. The normal height for a Takahe is up to 50 cm long.

Takahes eat tussock, fern roots, mountain daisies, sedges, herbs and they one they really love are insects.

New Zealand birds

Here are the names for the New Zealand birds and their maori names.

English Name	Maori Name	Picture
Kiwi	Kiwi	*
Kakapo	Kakapo	*
Takahe	Moho	*
Pukeko	Swamp hen	*
Harrier	Harrier	*
Fantail	Piwakawaka	*
Tui	Tui	*
Bellbird	Korimako	*parakeet
NZ pigeon	NZ pigeon	*

The egyptian sphinx

The egyptian sphinx

A sphinx has a body of a lion crouching down and a head like a human. The head has a nemes on top just like the pharaohs. The head is shaped like the pharaohs that is inside the pyramid. The pyramids were built to keep the pharaohs or kings safe to live in another life.The egyptians believed that the pharaohs could live on forever.

The sphinx were built to protect the pyramid from anyone  who tries to enter. In a myth to enter the sphinx they would tell a riddle and if you were right they would let you enter, but if you were wrong they would kill you and let you suffer a painful death.

Cartoons

I am learning direct speech through cartoons. We had fun doing these cartoons. Next time I hope we can do a story in cartoons.