Editing Morepork (section)

==Distribution and habitat==
In New Zealand's North Island, it is common from [[Rangaunu Harbour]] south to southern [[Taranaki]] and west of [[Tauranga]], [[Lake Taupō]], and [[Whanganui]], as well as between [[Murupara]] and the [[Hangaroa River]] in the northeast, and southern [[Manawatū District|Manawatū]], [[Wellington]], and [[Wairarapa]] in the south, and uncommon outside these areas. In the South Island, it is more common west of the [[Southern Alps]], around [[Marlborough Region|Marlborough]] and in [[Southland, New Zealand|Southland]]. It is common on [[Stewart Island]] and offshore islands.{{sfn|Higgins|1999|p=855}}

In New Zealand, it primarily inhabits forests dominated by ''[[Podocarpus]]'', ''[[Nothofagus]]'', ''[[Metrosideros]]'', and other hardwoods, up to the alpine tree line. On Norfolk Island, it lives in forests of Norfolk Island pine (''[[Araucaria heterophylla]]'').{{sfn|Higgins|1999|p=854}}