Hi Hoiho, My name is Malachi. I looked at the Lego challenge and wanted to do it. I didn’t think I could do it this good but I’m happy with my little cave wētā. It took ages to find the right legs. The head was the most easiest part. The antennas are pretty cute. We have cave wētā in the bush behind our house. Thanks for the challenge
Justine’s katipō, Emma’s stingray, and Tom’s sleeping bat
Tuatara eating a spider. By Megan and family
A huhu grub, a baby kākāpō and a bee drinking nectar from a flower. By Laura and family
Here is one from Rosa. It is a short tailed stingray. Scientific name Bathytoshia brevicaudata.
A kiwi by Amber (age 7)
Powelliphanta by Em (age 10)
Tuatara, pūkeko and kākāpō by Samuel (age 7)
Ruby’s katipō spider and Olive’s rowi kiwi
Jason’s kiwi
Seth’s Maui’s dolphin
OBi has created a weka and an invasive (pest) hedgehog. Behind the weka is NZ and the orange stud marks where OBi is. Clever!
A rifleman by James (age 10)
Takahē by Matthew (age 9)
A kiwi by Cohan (age 8)
Stingray by Molly (age 10)
Stingray by Oscar (age 6)
Scorpion by Cael (age 9)
Jack’s katipō
A wētā, tuatara and kiwi. By Wolfgang
Oakley (aged 7) made a weka. He met his first one in Wāwāhi Waka (Pigeon Island) in the north end of Lake Wakatipu when it stole a sausage off the BBQ!
Pīwakawaka with nest and egg, and a baby gecko. By Kiara (age 8)
Not a native, but still iconic to NZ. By Stella (age 8)
Raegan (age 5) made a Northland green gecko about to get a fly
Here’s Parker’s kākāpō climbing onto a log
David (age 7) made a kererū on a nest in the trees
Smeeky the Parrot by Charlie John (age 8)
Tuatara sent in by Penny
Browny the pekapeka by Cillian (age 8); Sticky the NZ gecko by Ailish (age 5); and Mama and baby kiwi by Ciara (age 10)
A whitetail spider by Toby (age 11); A NZ rainbow by Lucy (age 4); and a kea by Logan (age 8)
Kiana (age 7) made a native bee
Dom and Hamish made this kākāriki
This hoiho was made by Oliver (age 8)
Moa by Oliver (age 11); Kiwi by Ella (age 8); and a pūkeko by Emily (age 4)
Harry’s kororā
Bonnie (age 9) with a kea (with a ski in its mouth); and Basil (age 8) with a hoiho
A kiwi, tuatara, moa and orange fronted kākāriki in a karaka tree. By Boyd and Winni (both 13)
Yohann’s first creation is a “weka in the forest near its nest, with a person holding a torch.” His second is a kingfisher fish. He and his family saw them cruising with the eagle rays at Golden Bay. Yohann is 6.
Kiah’s (age 8) shortfin eel
A pīwakawaka by Luca (age 14)
Kiwi and duck by Hazel (age 5), and a tūī by Jenny (her mum) By Xander (age 11)A kiwi in a forest by James (aged 8)
Joe (aged 9) has made a fantastic hoiho and humpback whale!Tūī by Sena (aged 10)
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