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Cultural historian Richard Wolfe explores the trajectory of the kiwi bird becoming one of New Zealand's national symbols and a part of its identity in his latest book.
In Kiwi: A Curious Case of National Identity, Wolfe writes about how companies adopted the name and image of the flightless bird and its popular association with New Zealand soldiers during World War I.
Even prior to European settlers arriving, the feathers of the bird - also known as te manu huna a TΔne or the hidden bird of the god of forest TΔne - were highly sought after for p
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