News & Events

Rescued Far North Kiwi Chick Released

26 August 2010

A rescued Far North kiwi chick has been successfully returned to his home thanks to the dedicated local BNZ Save the Kiwi and Whakaangi Landcare Trust team.

The chick was found in March, underweight and frightened after narrowly escaping the clutches of a stoat that had slaughtered his sibling.

Kiwi Deaths a Setback for Pukaha Efforts

27 July 2010

Work towards establishing a self-sustaining population of kiwi at Pukaha Mount Bruce has suffered a setback with four of the birds in the forest falling victim to a ferret attack.

Among them were three of the 30 North Island brown kiwi transferred from Hauturu/Little Barrier Island to the forest in May.

Injured Kiwi Darkstar to Return to Wild

15 July 2010

Darkstar, a young kiwi accidently hit by a car in Northland in early May, leaves Auckland Zoo for her forest home on the Tutukaka Coast today, following two months of successful treatment in a cast for a badly fractured foot.

A BNZ Operation Nest Egg™ (O.N.E.) kiwi, Darkstar was hatched at the Zoo in September 2007 and then released onto kiwi crèche Motuora Island.