Ko te kiwi he manu ngahere nō Aotearoa. He manu haere pō, kāore e rere. He hāura ngā huruhuru, e whatungia ana ki ngā kākahu rangatira. Ko Apteryx australis te ingoa pūtaiao.
Tohutoro
Robertson, C. J. R. (ētita), 1985. Reader's Digest Complete Book of New Zealand Birds. Poihākena: Reader's Digest.