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Te pūngāwerewere o Avondale - tō tātou whetū ki Hollywood!

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  • I te tau 1989/90, e 374 ngā pūngāwerewere o Avondale i tukuna ki Hollywood ki te whai wāhi atu ki te kiriata Arachnophobia, nā Steven Spielberg. Kāore he pānga kino o Delena cancerides ki te tangata, engari weriweri ana tērā te āhua, ā, koinā ia i kōwhiria ai hei "pūngāwerewere kino" mō taua kiriata.
  • E 30 mm pea te roa o te tinana, e 200 mm pea te whānui mai i te pito o tētahi waewae ki tētahi.
  • Noho tahi ai ngā pūngāwerewere o Avondale ki ō rātou whānau me ō rātou hoa; ko ia anake te pūngāwerewere i Aotearoa e pēnei ana te āhua.

Pupils at New Lynn Primary School with an Avondale spider

Ētahi ākonga o te Kura Tuatahi o New Lynn, i Tāmaki-makau-rau ki te Uru, e whāwhā ana i te pūngāwerewere o Avondale, he pūngāwerewere hura nō Ahitereiria. Nō ngā tau o ngā 1920 ka rarau tana noho i Tāmaki-makau-rau, ki te takiwā o Avondale. Whakaahua: nā Chris Hoult, Western Leader, 10 Here-turi-kōkā 2000.

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