Two more kiwi have been tracked moving successfully over 10km in eastern Whangarei prompting the question - is this a kiwi corridor or a kiwi highway?! A couple of months ago Fetu Mama the kiwi was tracked moving over 10km from her release site at Parua Bay to the Maungatika Scenic Reserve at the very top of Mt Tiger. Acoustic monitors … [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...]
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...]
Extreme Climate Events – Kiwi Survival Tactics
In Northland we have mostly worried about droughts in terms of climate change impacts on kiwi, but the last few weeks have really reminded us climate extremes occur at both ends of the spectrum! What did kiwi do during the cyclone? How do kiwi cope? What are their survival tactics? Answer is we really do not know all that much. Reports … [Read more...]
200th Kiwi Released!
Tutukaka’s wild kiwi population has been enriched with a further five “taonga manu kiwi” – treasured kiwi – after two special events. One of the five kiwi released, was the 200th kiwi to graduate from the Matakohe Limestone Island creche in the Whangarei Harbour. The release began on Sunday morning when the five birds were caught on … [Read more...]
Kiwi Hope Returns to Wild
Parua Bay School students have had the rare privilege of meeting and naming a wild kiwi as part of the school’s 150th Year Celebrations. Todd Hamilton from the Whangarei Heads group Backyard Kiwi brought the young female named Hope into the school for the educational encounter. After the special assembly she was released nearby into an area … [Read more...]
Northland Kiwi Listening Survey 2022 Starts Next Thursday!
With the first Kiwi Listening Survey Window starting next Thursday on May 19th it’s been great to see people getting in touch with their listeners, downloading the app and getting ready. This year, instead of carrying out in-person Kiwi Coast Listening App training sessions, we are creating resources to go online via the Kiwi Coast website. We are … [Read more...]
The Nose Knows…..
Specialist Kiwi Conservation Dog, Yagi, and her handler Lesley Baigent have been in hot demand over the last month! Northland projects sometimes need a helping hand (or nose) to sniff out that extra kiwi info that call counts alone do not always tell us. Our ears may tell us there is a kiwi out there somewhere in the night, but a dog's nose knows … [Read more...]
Marunui Conservation – Safeguarding Kiwi and Their Chicks
Marunui Conservation got underway 1987 and in 2013, returned kiwi to their 421 ha block. Working collectively with the Piroa-Brynderwyns Landcare group to carry out pest control across the wider landscape has proven very successful - not only safeguarding the kiwi and their chicks, but helping the native coastal forests of the area flourish once … [Read more...]