Puke Ko in a Ponga Tree

In New Zealand, Puke ko is a bird. Not the male organ but the little animal that flies. But in this case, this is a flightless bird. It's pronounced as poo-ke ko and actually spelled as pukeko but I have a little problem with the space bar in my keyboard ;) .

Last Christmas, I heard my son sing 'On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me... a PUKE KO in a PONGA TREE!!' I almost slapped him in the face. 'Nawalang galang na itong bata na ito! ' (This boy has lost his manners!). As it turned out, it's a Kiwi version of the song we all know.

I have a video of his whole class singing it IN CHURCH but Tricia doesn't want me to post it.