| The morepork, of course, is what New Zealanders call the Tasmanian Spotted Owl. |
| Thus Parallax set itself the task of providing a theoretical infrastructure for postmodernism in this country, as its predecessor, Morepork, had failed to do. |
| Now, as the pre-dawn chill crunches in, the morepork is calling, getting next door's rooster going. |
| The bell-bird and the tui sing a requiem over them by day, while the morepork and the kiwi wail for them at night. |
| Higher call rates of morepork, Ninox novaeseelandiae, at sites inside an area with ongoing brodifacoum poisoning compared with matched non-managed sites. |
| And that is to rise at 1am and do the country's most popular day walk backwards, with only the light of the moon and the Milky Way to guide you, and just the odd hoot of a morepork for company. |
