Kiwi Link's Year 7 Annual Report has not only fulfilled their HVA reporting requirements, but also showcased another outstanding year of results and achievements. The past year has been a great success for the Kiwi Link High Value Area (HVA) with good progress made towards all five objectives. All of the eleven groups and projects involved have … [Read more...]
News & Events
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Mid North Year 5 Report
The Mid North area has now completed its fifth year of the NRC High Value Area (HVA) Program and continues to make significant progress towards achieving a connected pest control network across a large scale area in Northland. Kiwi Coast Mid North Coordinator, Andrew Mentor says: "It is my pleasure to present the completed Mid North HVA Year 5 … [Read more...]
A Decade of Kiwi Coast!
Kiwi Coast has now provided a decade of support, working on the ground to help enable and sustain community, hapū and iwi-led conservation and kaitiakitanga across Northland. Over the last ten years, Kiwi Coast has provided a raft of support, training and practical workshops to help build the skills and capacity of the groups and projects … [Read more...]
Bittern on the Brink? Can you help?
Bittern may be on the brink in Northland. As a secretive, wetland bird with a threatened status of 'nationally critical' - no one is quite sure how many bittern we have left, if they are doing ok, or if we are fast losing them to predators and lack of suitable habitat. A new 'Matuku Mahi' initiative is now gearing up across Te Tai Tokerau … [Read more...]
Pāteke – NZ’s Rarest Mainland Duck – Increasing in Northland
Results from the 2023 Pāteke Flock Counts are now in and show there has been an increase in Northland of New Zealand's rarest mainland duck. Kiwi Coast works each year with community groups, specialist staff at DOC, the Pāteke Recovery Group and NorthTec to assist with the annual Northland Pāteke flock counts and investigate new … [Read more...]
Whangarei Heads School Kiwi Kaitiaki
Future Whangarei Heads kiwi kaitiaki / guardians learned all about how to care for their local kiwi and help keep them safe during a very special school visit. Todd Hamilton from Backyard Kiwi brought two very special visitors - Humphries and Te Motu Manu Hine the kiwi - into Whangarei Heads school for a brief encounter on June 9th. The aim … [Read more...]
Kiwi Coast Groups Trap 708,536 Pests in 10 Years!
Northland’s native forests and wildlife are a lot better off without 708,536 pests trapped by groups and projects linked into Kiwi Coast over the last ten years. Kiwi Coast Trust’s annual collation of trap catch data shows the huge positive impact of Northlanders working collaboratively to reduce pest animals that know no boundaries. Kiwi Coast … [Read more...]
Backyard Kiwi Release Update
Been wondering how those four gorgeous kiwi released with Backyard Kiwi last month have been getting on? Here's an update from Project Manager, Todd Hamilton who has been following their movements and activity via remote telemetry equipment that picks up signals emitted from their small leg-fitted … [Read more...]
Four More Backyard Kiwi
Over 360 keen locals attended the Backyard Kiwi Release on February 19th to see four more Northland brown kiwi released at Parua Bay. The four kiwi – Murdoch, Maia, Om and Fetu Mama – wowed the crowd from the arms of their accredited kiwi handlers, as they granted a few precious moments of a wild kiwi encounter before heading off to be … [Read more...]
Pest Clear Out Paves the Way for Pāteke Release
A special release of rare pāteke ducks has been made possible after the removal of over 11,000 pests by the Pest Free Purerua - Mataroa Project during the last three years. Twenty pāteke/brown teal have been released on the Mataroa Peninsula in the Bay of Islands, boosting numbers of one of New Zealand’s rarest native ducks. The translocation … [Read more...]