Across
- 2. long-eared mammal introduced to NZ in the 1800s for meat and hunting
- 3. large canopy tree that produces large purple fruit
- 4. NZ woodpigeon
- 6. medium-sized bird with a distinctive copper 'saddle' on its back
- 9. marsupial introduced from Australia to establish a fur trade
- 11. large insect endemic to New Zealand
- 12. blue/grey coloured endemic songbird
- 14. nocturnal reptile that has a distinctive crest of spines along its back
Down
- 1. large flightless bird hunted to extinction
- 2. predator-free ecological sanctuary near Eltham
- 5. rodents that arrived with early settlers
- 7. flightless nocturnal bird
- 8. palm tree endemic to New Zealand
- 10. a predator introduced in 1884 to control rabbits
- 12. Pacific rat that arrived in NZ with Polynesian voyagers
- 13. highly efficient killers that many people own as pets