Threatened: Nationally Critical

1. 

   Angled fruit rush Juncus holoschoenus var. holoschoenus

   • Species group: Sedges, rushes & grasses
   • Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Critical
   • Distribution: North Island, Canterbury
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   Australasian bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus

   • Species group: Wetland birds
   • Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Critical
   • Distribution: Throughout New Zealand
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   Bartlett’s rata Metrosideros bartlettii

   • Species group: Trees
   • Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Critical
   • Distribution: Far north of North Island.
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4. 

   Brachyglottis perdicioides

   • Species group: Shrubs
   • Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Critical
   • Distribution: North Island, East Cape to Hawkes Bay
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   Brachyscome pinnata

   • Species group: Dicot herbs
   • Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Critical
   • Distribution: Canterbury
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   Button daisy Leptinella filiformis

   • Species group: Dicot herbs
   • Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Critical
   • Distribution: South Island
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   Canterbury mudfish Neochanna burrowsius

   • Species group: Fish
   • Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Critical
   • Distribution: Canterbury Plains and foothills, mainly between the Ashley and Waitaki rivers.
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8. Carmichaelia curta

   • Species group: Shrubs
   • Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Critical
   • Distribution: South Canterbury and Otago
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9. Ceratocephala pungens

   • Species group: Dicot herbs
   • Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Critical
   • Distribution: South Canterbury and Otago
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    Clutha flathead galaxias Galaxias “species D”

    • Species group: Fish
    • Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Critical
    • Distribution: Very limited waterways in Otago.
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    Dwarf mistletoe Korthalsella salicornioides

    • Species group: Parasitic plants
    • Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Critical
    • Distribution: North Island, South Island, and Stewart Island
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    Fireweed Senecio scaberulus

    • Species group: Dicot herbs
    • Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Critical
    • Distribution: Northern North Island, eastern South Island
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13. 

    Grey duck Anas superciliosa superciliosa

    • Species group: Wetland birds
    • Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Critical
    • Distribution: Throughout New Zealand
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14. Holcaspis brevicula

    • Species group: Invertebrates
    • Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Critical
    • Distribution: Canterbury
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    Kaka beak Clianthus puniceus

    • Species group: Shrubs
    • Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Critical
    • Distribution: Mainly eastern North Island
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16. 

    Kaka beak Clianthus maximus

    • Species group: Shrubs
    • Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Critical
    • Distribution: East Cape
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    Long-tailed bat Chalinolobus tuberculatus

    • Species group: Bats
    • Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Critical, Threatened: Nationally Vulnerable
    • Distribution: North Island, South Island
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    Lowland longjaw galaxias Galaxias cobitinis

    • Species group: Fish
    • Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Critical
    • Distribution: Otago and the Mackenzie basin.
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    New Zealand fairy tern Sternula nereis davisae

    • Species group: Coastal birds
    • Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Critical
    • Distribution: Breed at four coastal Northland sites, disperse to harbours and estuaries in northern New Zealand
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    Pellaea aff. falcata

    • Species group: Ferns
    • Threat category: Threatened: Nationally Critical
    • Distribution: Northland and Auckland, northern North Island.
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