Some of the predator sites accumulated fauna until late in the nineteenth century.The total avian fauna for the Waikari region (including Glenmark) comprises 65 indigenous and 4 introduced species of birds. In addition, tuatara Sphenodon spp., two species of gecko Hoplodactylus spp., including the large H. duvaucelii, undetermined skinks and fish, two species of bats Mystacina spp., three rodents Mus musculus, Rattus norvegicus and (most common) Rattus exulans, and European rabbits Oryctolagus cuniculus were found. All introduced species were in deposits accumulated by laughing owls.The derivation of faunas from the diverse taphonomic processes of cave-pitfall trapping, swamp-miring / lacustrine accumulation, and predation, has resulted in an unusually broad perception of the composition of the Late Holocene fauna. This fauna differs in relative frequency of species from the much wetter regions of the West Coast and Takaka. It also differs from Mt Cookson in North Canterbury, which is closer to mountains, at higher altitude, and wetter than the Waikari district. The Waikari moa fauna was dominated by Dinornis giganteus, Emeus crassus, Euryapteryx geranoides, and Pachyornis elephantopus. Among smaller terrestrial birds, kiwis Apteryx spp. and wekas Gallirallus australis were less common than in wetter regions. Finsch's duck Euryanas finschi, paradise shelduck Tadorna variegata, extinct coot Fulica prisca, extinct gallinule Gallinula hodgenorum, laughing owl Sceloglaux albifacies, and adzebill Aptomis defossor were common in contrast to their absence or near-absence in the west. Snipe Coenocorypha cf. aucklandica and piopio Turnagra capensis were noticeably more common in Waikari faunas than in more western ones.The Otiran moa fauna comprised the same species as in the Holocene, except that Pachyornis elephantopus was more common. Comparisons between the large, welldated, samples from Glencrieff and Pyramid Valley, show that P. elephantopus but not E. crassus exhibited post-glacial dwarfing in this region.The importance of predator sites in palaeofaunal reconstruction is indicated by the fact that 17 bird species and virtually all non-bird taxa were recognised solely from these deposits. These include five procellariiforms, and three river-bed inhabitants *Palaeofaunal Surveys, 43 The Ridgeway,