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Advocacy
The word ‘advocacy’ describes our work to raise people’s awareness
about kiwi and encourage them to take action to help protect New
Zealand’s national bird.
Advocacy is important – the kiwi’s future relies on people first understanding the problem, and then committing to take some kind of action – whether it’s donating money or donning boots to check stoat traps.
Advocacy can take many forms – from talking to school
children, to setting up a stall at a local farmers’ field day, to
working with pig hunters and other dog owners, to the posters hanging
in every branch of the BNZ, to putting up ‘Kiwi Zone’ signs alerting
dog owners to keep their animals under control, to providing a
community group with the skills it needs to effectively trap stoats,
cats and rats.
Useful advocacy resources:
BNZ Save the Kiwi’s national mentor for advocacy, Wendy Sporle, has written a guidebook that captures her 20 years experience as a kiwi advocate in Northland. It’s full of ideas and advice on how to engage with local communities to encourage and support them in taking action to protect kiwi.
The guidebook is available at no charge to community groups that have a designated kiwi advocate. Contact Wendy (Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) for a copy. Wendy would also like to hear from you if you are interested in volunteering for kiwi advocacy work.
BNZ Save the Kiwi puts out a quarterly newsletter to keep supporters up-to-date with progress in kiwi projects, upcoming workshops and Trust news. You can read the Kiwi Advocate online, or sign up to receive it in your email.
Colourful free-standing 3-panel banners are available to support your kiwi display. They stand about 2 metres tall and can be used to form a screen or wall. They are shipped in three tubes – the user pays courier fees and a $20 booking fee.
Fifteen sets of the banners are available – contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to request a set if you are planning a kiwi event, field day, workshop or display.
Wendy Sporle, BNZ Save the Kiwi’s national mentor for advocacy, puts out a newsetteroutlining the latest thats happening with kiwi. You can downbload the issues below:
- Kiwi Advocacy Newsletter – August 2009.pdf
- Kiwi Advocacy Newsletter – September 2008.pdf
- Kiwi Advocacy Newsletter – March 2008.pdf
- Kiwi Advocacy Newsletter – November 2007.pdf
- Kiwi Advocacy Newsletter – July 2007.pdf
- Kiwi Advocacy Newsletter – March 2007.pdf
Three series of slides have been prepared – one for an adult audience and two for children. The presentations can be modified and adapted to your local area and project.
The slides are part of the Advocacy guidebook, or can be obtained by sending a blank CD to Wendy Sporle, Diggers Valley Road, RD 1, Kaitaia 0481.
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Did You Know?
Unlike other birds, the kiwi chick emerges from its egg fully feathered and is expected to look after itself.