Kaitiakitanga

Kaitiakitanga is the guardianship of of nature.

Introduced species are animals not native to a country.

Most of them have been mating and also eating the native plants and animals.

Inroduced species have an impact on animals because they have hunted some native birds to extinction specifically flightless ones .They also eat our native plants.

They have made 1080 to kill predators of the native birds. DOC is getting rid of invasive weeds.

Stoats: Stoats are a large threat and common threat of native birds. People are using 1080 to control the stoats and get rid of them this has proven an almost success.

Kiore:  Kiore first arrived in Newzealand by the Maori. They originated in south east asia and colinated in parts of polynesia. The Maori introduced them becouse there weren't any mammals except for bats.

Common bushtail possum: