Weka are problematic in conservation ; some subspecies are threatened, but have been a problem to other threatened wildlife on offshore islands, especially when introduced to an island that they would not naturally inhabit.

Weka populations can persist in highly modified habitats, but they have disappeared from huge areas of their former range, suggesting that they can adapt to a wide range of conditions but are particularly vulnerable to threats.

Pest control operations sometimes kill Weka, as they have ground foraging habits vulnerable to poison baits, and traps are laid in a way that Weka can reach.

Weka are significant to some Māori iwi who admire their curiosity and feisty, bold personality, traits which have led to them being relatively easy to catch.

Ferrymead Railway and Diesel Traction Group locomotives and carriages have participated in each of these steam-based festivals, held on the Weka Pass Railway, except for the 2003 event.

With the little locomotive of no use, Weka Pass received approval from Ravensdown Fertiliser ( who had taken over Kempthorne Prosser ) to sell the locomotive to the Plains Railway at Ashburton, who have since restored it in NZR livery as ' T < sup > R </ sup > 119 '.

Weka are sturdy brown birds, about the size of a chicken.

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The Weka or woodhen ( Gallirallus australis ) is a flightless bird species of the rail family.

Weka usually lay eggs between August and January ; both sexes help to incubate.

The common name Weka is a Māori word.

Johann Georg Wagler's suggestion of the Ocydromus genus in 1830 to describe each Weka as a species was generally adopted.

However, Weka were later decided as a single species in the Gallirallus genus with four subspecies.

The North Island Weka ( Gallirallus australis greyi ) is represented by original populations in Northland and Poverty Bay, and by liberations elsewhere from that stock.

Western Weka photographed on the West Coast, New Zealand near Karamea.

The Western Weka ( Gallirallus australis australis ) is found mainly in the northern and western regions of the South Island from Nelson to Fiordland.

Distinguished by dark red-brown and black streaking on the breast, the Western Weka has two distinct colour phases, that of the southernmost range showing a greater degree of black.

The Stewart Island Weka ( Gallirallus australis scotti ) is smaller than the other subspecies and, like the Western Weka, has two colour phases ; a chestnut form-similar to the chestnut-phase Western Weka-and a black phase which is not as dark as the black Western Weka.

Weka occupy areas such as forests, sub-alpine grassland, sand dunes, rocky shores and modified semi-urban environments.

Weka are important in the bush as seed dispersers, distributing seeds too large for smaller berry-eating birds.

Where the Weka is relatively common, their furtive curiosity leads them to search around houses and camps for food scraps, or anything unfamiliar and transportable.

The breeding season varies, but when food is plentiful, Weka can raise up to four broods throughout the whole year.

On average, female Weka lay three creamy or pinkish eggs blotched with brown and mauve.

Weka are classed as a vulnerable species.

The Department of Conservation's Weka recovery plan, approved in 1999, aims to improve the conservation status of threatened Weka, clarify the status of data deficient Weka, maintain the non-threatened status of other Weka, and eventually restore all Weka to their traditional ranges as a significant component of the ecosystems.

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