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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 175, 20 April 1929, Page 21

“At our school away up here in the Far North we have a couple of wekas which come to school every day,” writes Mr. F. J. Tocker, of l J arua Bay (to the Auckland “Star.” “Certainly they do not learn the lessons we are taught, but they are very wise, all the same, and in some matters know more than we do. I suppose they get to know a lot because they are so inquisitive. They have wonderfully sharp eyes, too, and the is lucky which escapes their strong Beaks. They first made their appearance early in October last, when I saw them come round the corner and walk into our shelter shed. The teacher was told about the arrival of the new scholars, and he went out to see them. Thdp he asked all ’of us to go out and make friends with them. The birds, however, were shy and bashful, as new boys often are, and ran away and hid. During the play interval pieces of bread were collected from our lunches and left in the shelter shed, and immediately we were back in school the wekas came out of their hiding place and seemed to enjoy the scraps of food very much. Now they come to school every morning, and before w6 start work each day a collection of food is made from our lunches, which now the birds seem to look forward to. This shows that if we are kind to birds they soon recognise us ns friends.”