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Welcome the godwits

The long-haul, non-stop flight of some 250 godwits from Alaska to Napier’s Ahuriri Estuary will be celebrated in a special way on Sunday 2 October. As part of Napier Waiapu Cathedral’s Animal Blessing Service, the bells will ring in honour of the remarkable bar-tailed godwits (kuaka in Māori), who each spring fly as far as […]

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