Ponui donkey

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{{Short description|New Zealand breed of donkey}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Use list-defined references|date=July 2022}}
{{ infobox donkey
| name = Ponui
| image = Donkey-Ponui Island-Shaun Lee.jpg
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| image_caption = Donkeys on Ponui Island
| status = {{ubl|[[FAO]] (2007): not listed{{r|barb}}|[[Rare Breeds Conservation Society of New Zealand|Rare Breeds Conservation Society]]: rare{{r|rare}}}}
| altname = {{ubl|Ponui Island Donkey|New Zealand Donkey}}
| country = New Zealand
| distribution = New Zealand
| standard = {{nobreak|[http://www.donkey-mule.org.nz/Register/Form/Ponui_Island_Register%20Rules_Jan_2010.pdf Donkey & Mule Society of New Zealand]}}
| use =
| maleweight =
| femaleweight =
| height = {{convert|91|–|107|cm|abbr=on}}{{r|cabi|p=42}}
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| coat = light dun or chocolate, with darker dorsal stripe
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The '''Ponui''' or '''Ponui Island Donkey''' is a [[breed]] and [[feral|feral population]] of [[donkey|domestic donkey]] from [[Ponui Island]], in the [[Hauraki Gulf]] off New Zealand. It is the only feral donkey in New Zealand. It may also be called the '''New Zealand Donkey'''.{{r|cabi|p=42}}

== History ==

Frederick Chamberlin bought [[Ponui Island]] from the New Zealand government in 1854.{{r|ms}} Donkeys were brought to the island together with other livestock from [[New South Wales]], and a feral population established itself. The Ponui Island Donkey now has formal breed status,{{r|alex}} and some are distributed in mainland New Zealand.{{r|rare}} It is registered by the [[Donkey & Mule Society of New Zealand]]. The Ponui is listed as 'rare' by the [[Rare Breeds Conservation Society of New Zealand]];{{r|rare}} it is not among the New Zealand livestock breeds reported to the [[DAD-IS]] database of the [[Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations]].{{r|dad}}

== Characteristics ==

The Ponui donkey is docile and sturdy. It stands about {{nobreak|1 metre}} at the withers. It is usually light dun in colour, but may be chocolate; [[piebald|broken-coloured]] donkeys cannot be registered.{{r|desc}}

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== See also ==
*[[Feral donkeys in Australia]]
*[[Kaimanawa horse]]

== References ==
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<ref name=alex>[http://natlib.govt.nz/records/31904673?search%5Bi%5D%5Bcategory%5D=Newspapers&search%5Bi%5D%5Bsubject%5D=Donkeys&search%5Bpath%5D=items Heaven: a jack and several jennys], catalogue entry for: Alex Stone (2013). Heaven: a jack and several jennys. ''Gulf News'', 21 March 2013. {{nobreak|p. 18}}. Library of New Zealand – Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa. Accessed July 2014.</ref>

<ref name=barb>Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). [https://web.archive.org/web/20200623201209/http://www.fao.org/3/a1250e/annexes/List%20of%20breeds%20documented%20in%20the%20Global%20Databank%20for%20Animal%20Genetic%20Resources/List_breeds.pdf List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources], annex to [https://web.archive.org/web/20170110125634/http://www.fao.org/3/a-a1250e.pdf ''The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture'']. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. {{isbn|9789251057629}}. Archived 23 June 2020.</ref>

<ref name=cabi>Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). [https://books.google.com/books?id=2UEJDAAAQBAJ ''Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding''] (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. {{isbn|9781780647944}}.</ref>

<ref name=dad>[https://www.fao.org/dad-is/dataexport/en/ New Zealand: Ass: Warning: No breeds found]. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed July 2022.</ref>

<ref name=desc>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140714223433/http://www.donkey-mule.org.nz/Register/Form/Ponui_Island_Register%20Rules_Jan_2010.pdf Rules for the Ponui Island Donkey register]. Donkey & Mule Society of New Zealand. Archived 14 July 2014.</ref>

<ref name=ms>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140714145821/http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/librarycatalogue/20595.detail Chamberlin, Frederick, b. 1826: An account of my proceedings since my arrival in New Zealand in 1853, with a diary] (catalogue entry). Auckland War Memorial Museum Library – Te Pataka Matapuna. Archived 14 July 2014.</ref>

<ref name=rare>[http://www.rarebreeds.co.nz/ponui.html Ponui Donkeys: A Rare Breed of New Zealand Origin]. Rare Breeds Conservation Society of New Zealand. Accessed July 2014.</ref>

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[[Category:Mammals of New Zealand]]
[[Category:Donkey breeds originating in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Feral donkeys]]

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