Kiwi Coast and a specialist team from Whakatane joined forces in February to help the Moturoa Island Wildlife Refuge figure out how well their kiwi were doing. Moturoa is a private, 200 ha island that combines an active sheep farm with substantial area of fenced and planted native bush. The kiwi population of Moturoa Island was founded in the … [Read more...]
“Waitangi Iwi Kiwi” Project Celebrates 10 Year Milestone
The Waitangi Iwi Kiwi Project marked a decade of tangata whenua led pest control and biodiversity revitalisation with a special celebration on November 4th. Kiwi Coast has supported the group from the very beginning and were delighted to be part of the occasion. Article by Phillipa … [Read more...]
Puketotara Empowering Women’s Trapping Workshop
Puketotara Landcare requested a 'Women's Trapping Workshop' and Kiwi Coast was only too happy to oblige! Twenty-three keen women from Whangarei, Utakura, Umawera, Kaeo and Waimate North attended the workshop on November 4th, kindly hosted by Bridget King of Puketotara Landcare. While Kiwi Coast holds a range of different types of local and … [Read more...]
Rare Birds Return to Purerua-Mataroa as Pests Plummet
Pest Free Purerua-Mataroa is happy to welcome back rare visitors as pests plummet! Two rare international visitors caught the eye of Pest Free Purerua-Mataroa pest controller Mike Cadogan this week while on his trapping rounds. Having never seen these birds before, despite many years of regularly servicing traplines up and down the peninsula, he … [Read more...]
Fetu Mama Proves Kiwi Corridor is Working!
Fetu Mama - a monitored kiwi in eastern Whangarei - has just proved that our Kiwi Corridor is working! One of the key goals of Kiwi Coast is to restore the natural gene-flow of wild Northland kiwi by creating safe dispersal corridors between high density kiwi populations. In essence, this involves linking hapū and community-led projects together … [Read more...]
Update on Piper the Pataua Kiwi
In 2017, Pataua North Landcare released 13 kiwi into their pest controlled area. One of them was a young female kiwi named Piper. She quickly dispersed to explore her new home and as a wild kiwi, free to roam, it was possible she'd never be encountered again. As luck would have it however, her story can now be continued... Article by Anne … [Read more...]
Two New Kiwi Join our ‘Follow a Kiwi’ Sponsorship Progam!
We're excited to introduce two new monitored kiwi - Terry and Graham - to our Follow a Kiwi sponsorship program! Terry and Graham are both wild, male Northland brown kiwi that hail from the Far North. They live within the Mahinepua - Radar Hill Landcare pest control area and both sound like real characters - it's going to be interesting … [Read more...]
Mangamuka Woman’s Trapping Workshop
Fifteen keen local wahine attended Kiwi Coast's Women's Trapping Workshop on August 12 at Mangamuka School as part of Conservation Week. A number of experienced female trappers were on hand to share their skills and experience including Lesley Baigent (Kiwi Coast's Far North Coordinator), Tina and Bonnie Winder (TJ Pest Termination), Mae … [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...]