Piroa-Brynderwyns Landcare Group have significantly intensified and expanded their 'Ring of Steel' trapping network over the last year. Piroa-Brynderwyns Landcare is a collective of a dozen community-led conservation projects that are working together to restore biodiversity in the Brynderwyn Hills range and surrounding area on the southern border … [Read more...]
News & Events
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Champion Kiwi Dad – Signs off his Radio Channel!
Backyard Kiwi have removed the transmitter from one of their monitored kiwi - Lambert. Lambert lived on Taurikura Ridge at Whangarei Heads and successfully hatched over 27 kiwi chicks during the 10 years he was monitored! Article submitted by Heather Hunt, Backyard Kiwi. Backyard Kiwi farewell Lambert, one of our kiwi … [Read more...]
Meet Tamiti – Marohi’s Fourth Chick of the Season
Marohi the kiwi's fourth chick of the season has been named Tamiti, and is simply gorgeous. Tutukaka Landcare struck gold when changing Marohi's transmitter in May. They discovered that Tamiti was still hanging out with his dad and so were able to catch him and fit him with a transponder. Mike Camm, … [Read more...]
Dust off the Winter Woollies – Kiwi Listening is Coming!
All over Northland keen-eared kiwi listeners are dusting off their winter woollies and getting ready to sit out on cold dark hillsides as the Annual Kiwi Call Count Survey gets under way for another year. Kiwi Coast is working with community groups, Department of Conservation and Northland Regional Council to help coordinate the survey and … [Read more...]
First Glimpse of Marohi’s New Chick!
Marohi the monitored kiwi dad from our ‘Follow A Kiwi’ program has hatched his fourth chick of the season. Watch as the chick emerges from the nesting burrow amongst the pampas. Northland brown kiwi chicks are independent as soon as they hatch, but dad is never too far away for the first few days… … [Read more...]
297,753 Pests Trapped Over Six Years on Kiwi Coast!
The results are in and pests are out! Groups and projects linked into Kiwi Coast have pooled their trap catch data for the sixth year in a row to show their collective results over the entire initiative which is working collaboratively to control pests and ensure that Northland's native forests and wildlife - especially kiwi - can thrive. The … [Read more...]
Kiwi Interaction with Goodnature A24 Trap
Kiwi Coast has obtained the footage of kiwi interacting with Goodnature A24 traps. In December 2018 Kiwi Coast alerted Northland groups and projects that the Department of Conservation (DOC) had advised Goodnature traps needed to be raised 1m off the ground after they found that kiwi had sustained bill damage from the A24 … [Read more...]
Tanekaha Farmers Release Four New Kiwi
Four Northland brown kiwi – Ellis, Rimu, Judy and Kaha - were released on Tuesday 26th of March by farmers leading the Tanekaha-Hukerenui Kiwi Community Project. Farmer Judy Imeson was thrilled to have the four kiwi released on her property. Judy said “I’ve been part of the Tanekaha Community Pest Control Group for the past seven years. … [Read more...]
Koko Hatches Four Kiwi Chicks in Six Months!
Koko the kiwi dad has had two successful nests since September and hatched four kiwi chicks over the last six months! The latest chicks hatched in February and have been named Deko and Niko by the Tanekaha-Hukerenui Kiwi Community Project. The community-led kiwi project is now entering their sixth year of operation, and are happily seeing the … [Read more...]
Waimarie – the ‘Lucky’ Kiwi Chick Returns Home
A kiwi chick has been named Waimarie - meaning "lucky" - and returned to it's home on the Tutukaka Coast after being rescued as an egg from prying stoats and hatching successfully at the Whangarei Native Bird Recovery Centre. It all started with Marohi, one of the kiwi dad's in the Kiwi Coast 'Follow a Kiwi' program monitored by Tutukaka … [Read more...]