Thanks to James Stacy for suggesting an ID! I was initially perplexed by this spider as it resembled Hexathele, but appeared to only have four spinnerets. I subsequently acquired a close-up photograph of this species and realised that it does indeed have six spinnerets, one pair is just tiny! 🕷️
Saw this Tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) is a medium-sized bird native to New Zealand. Feeding on Cape Honey Flower (Melianthus major (giant honey flower)
Beautiful large female we found. Found the remains of an unfortunate male in her silk lined tunnel too! Very heavy spider