Kahurangi
- Their homeland area is the Kahurangitanga, and they have a homeland area in the northern and southern hemispheres. Korora and Ngakirikiri live in the southern hemisphere.
- There are six subgroups or clans of Kahurangi:
- The Iredarei [iredalei] are in the Kahuritanga in the northern hemisphere.
- The Pakihau Tautea (“flippers of white”) [albosignata] are in the northeast. They have white on either side of their flippers. (Three subgroups are the Kira, Karakara, and Terehi).
- The Hurihia (closest to “variable”) [variablis] are in the southern section of the north Kahurangitanga.
- The Niuhorana [novaehollandiae] live in Manai Iweronga and Motere Piripi, which are on the western side of the Kahuritanga in the southern hemisphere. Many have beautiful, indigo-blue coats. Turia, Indara, and Muneware are from this group.
- The Ririki or Punua (closest to “minor”) [minor] live in the southern hemisphere. Korora and Ngakirikiri are from this group.
- The Tatahamensi [chathamensis] are in the east. (2-6-10).
- In the Kahuritanga, the Pukemore Hill is important, as it the peak Hihikiwi on Mt. Pirongia.
- The Kahurangi are the shortest of the Kaiteri.
- They have slate blue coats and silvery or bluish-gray eyes.
- They are the most nocturnal of the Kaiteri.
- Male Kahurangi are a little bigger than females and have larger, deeper bills.
- They moult in March-April.
- They like playing koau flutes.
- Both males and females share in child rearing.
- Well dressed Kahurangi dye their feathers indigo blue, comb their feathers into patterns, wear anklets, and paint their claws. The anklets are often of punemu stone or paua.
- Their houses look like burrows or crevices. They like to decorate with with feathers or grass. They like sandy areas. The Rahi build their houses furthest apart, then the Kahurangi, then the Potetea.
- Kahurangi are stay-at-homes who do not tend to mix with other colonies.
- However, they are known as the most adventurous of eaters and eat the greatest variety of food. They like mohi, kokowhawha, fish, and ngu.
- They like to circle fish and then dive through.
- Kahurangi microsleep because they are active in the day and in the night. They might sleep for four minutes at a time (04/03/2010).
- Males begin courtship by stretching their flippers outward and pointing their bill skyward (04/03/2010).
- They fledge when they are about three feet high (04/03/2010).
- Nestlings are all brown (grey-brown when immediately born, then chocolate brown), with hazel eyes. When Kahurangi have a new baby that hasn't come home yet, they stand erect, spread their flippers, bow their heads, and walk in tight circles around the crib and trumpet loudly. When the baby is with them, they do the same but don't make noise (04/03/2010).
- Crechelings have white underparts but pale blue upperparts than adults. Eyes are still hazel brown (04/03/2010).
- Fledglings have adult plumage, which is darker than crechelings, and the eyes turn to the adult silvery or bluish-grey eyes. (Note: the hazel eyes to bluish-grey is because we thought it would be neat to have their eyes change color) (04/03/2010).
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*Date of discovery.