Kōrero: Gannets and boobies
Breeding colonies of Australasian gannets are spread around New Zealand. The largest colonies, with over 10,000 breeding pairs each, are offshore – on Three Kings Island at the northern tip of New Zealand, Gannet Island off the west coast of the North Island, and White Island in the Bay of Plenty.
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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang
Maggy Wassilieff, Gannets and boobies – Gannets: description and habitat, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/map/5819/new-zealands-main-gannet-colonies (accessed 17 February 2026).
He kōrero nā Maggy Wassilieff, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.