Possible Clues:

• Bird from small island we heard
• Rutherford was one primarily known in Wilde's Importance
• New Zealand fruit or bird
• A little bird tells me it's from down under
• Aucklander, casually
• Symbol of New Zealand
• Graham Henry, to name one
• Fruit also called a Chinese gooseberry
• Fruit native to China and Taiwan
• Said to be essential - small flightless bird ...