The Kiwi Link Community Pest Control Area (CPCA), involving 10 groups in eastern Whangarei, has completed another successful year. Kiwi Link brings local landowners, farmers, forestry companies and government agencies together to restore biodiversity over approximately 14,000 ha between Taraunui and Ngunguru Ford in eastern Whangarei. The … [Read more...]
News & Events
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Kiwi Coast Annual Report 2020
Kiwi Coast Trust has now completed it's 2020 Annual Report, which presents the key activities and achievements of the past 12 months. Key highlights include: 159 entities are now linked in to Kiwi Coast, 153 of which are community, iwi and hapu-led projects. Collectively, approximately 198,300 hectares are being managed. Over the past 7 … [Read more...]
Rare Pateke Flourishing on Kiwi Coast
Analysis of the 2020 Annual Pateke Flock Count data has confirmed that rare pateke are flourishing on the Kiwi Coast. Pateke (brown teal) are New Zealand's rarest mainland duck. Kiwi Coast works with community groups, specialist staff at the Department of Conservation (DOC) and NorthTec to assist with the Annual Northland Pateke Flock Counts. … [Read more...]
Drought-Stricken Kiwi Rescued
Eighteen drought-stricken Northland kiwi have been rescued from the Motuora Island kiwi crèche in the Hauraki Gulf after dry conditions reached critical levels. With Auckland still in drought in June, food and water levels on Motuora Island had reached critical levels. The island is a crèche for young kiwi chicks raised under the Operation Nest … [Read more...]
Funding Secured for Predator Free Whangārei
Northland Regional Council have secured funding from Predator Free 2050 Ltd to resource a Predator Free Whangārei Project over the next five years. Article by Northland Regional Council. Predator Free Whangārei is a collaborative five year project that builds on over 20 years of dedicated and successful community predator control in the … [Read more...]
Kiwi Coast Listening Blitz #2 Update
Kiwi Coast's second "Kiwi Listening Blitz" is now well underway. Fieldworker Karen Verdurmen switched from fieldwork to data analysis during the Covid-19 lockdown, and reports on the results to date... Article by Karen Verdurmen. December 2019 marked the start of Kiwi Coast's second Kiwi Listening Blitz in Northland. With the help of … [Read more...]
Mahinepua Kiwi Fit & Healthy Despite Drought
Fred and Graham - two transmitter wearing wild kiwi monitored by the Mahinepua-Radar Hill Landcare Group recently passed a health check with flying colours despite the drought. Sustained pest control by the landcare group is thought to have helped them beat the odds. Article by Lesley Baigent, Kiwi Coast Far North Coordinator, and Marj Cox, … [Read more...]
Decrease in Kiwi Calls Linked to Drought
The recently released 2019 Northland Kiwi Call Count Report has linked a marked decrease in kiwi call rates across Northland to the 2018/2019 drought. Kiwi call count monitoring has been carried out annually in Northland since 1995. Call count surveys are one of the main tools used for assessing trends in kiwi populations. Each year DOC analyse … [Read more...]
Wandering Kiwi During Lockdown
Kiwi Trackers have been working hard to find where transmitted kiwi wandered during the lockdown and ensure they are all fit and healthy. Of the 8500+ estimated wild kiwi in Northland, about 30 wear transmitters for monitoring and advocacy purposes. Monitoring transmitted kiwi was not considered an essential service during the four week … [Read more...]
Kiwi Return to Onekura!
Great news for the Onekura Road Trappers - the kiwi have returned! Kiwi Coast put in acoustic monitors called "Kiwi Listening Devices" before the Covid-19 lockdown in the Onekura Rd Reserve Bush (Puketotara Reserve) as part of the five yearly Kiwi Listening Blitz. It is expected that with increasing pest control and community efforts, kiwi … [Read more...]