James Kea Tier
- Key Details
- Alive (Sub-Adult), Male, V-4051
- Area
- Waimakariri
- Band Combo
- White C9 on Red
Named for his strength and fearlessness, after James Tier. James Tier was a big burly brave Irishman whose tenacity, stubbornness, and ingenuity kept the shipwrecked crew of the General Grant alive on the Auckland Islands for 18 months in 1886. James "Kea" Tier was banded in January 2023 on the Bald Range.