Tainui School pupils who named a northern royal albatross chick born at the Tairoa Head colony in January had a rare encounter with the chick today.
Dakota McKenzie and Aleece Hosking (both 9) said they thought of the name Moana after completing a Kapa Haka class.
"We wanted to call it Ocean, but Ocean didn't sound right.
"We do Kapa Haka and we had just finished doing some so we decided to put it in Maori," Dakota said.
The name was selected from about 2400 suggestions.
• Full story in the Otago Daily Times tomorrow
