
Rowi Project Blog
Special Kiwi Gets to Fly
Posted by DoC Ranger
Monday, October 5th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
A very special delivery flew across the alps this week thanks to Air New Zealand and the friendly staff at Hokitika Airport. A young chick, discovered in a burrow when rangers went in expecting to find an egg, had a seat all to itself on the little plane. The chick was delivered into the safe hands of Cory-Ann, who reports it is doing well in the chick-rearing facility at Willowbank Wildlife Reserve in Christchurch.

Special delivery
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Did You Know?
In 1800, millions of kiwi lived in forests, scrub and sand dunes. Today, only about 70,000 kiwi are left in all of New Zealand, and the place we’re most likely to see them is a zoo or bird sanctuary.


