Our Taranaki Mounga project coordinator Sian Potier gives us an insight to a long day tracking down a kiwi on Mt Taranaki for his annual health check and transmitter change. Popokotea (Popo) is a 3 year old male kiwi who is lucky enough to part of a kiwi monitoring program the trust is conducting in
Taranaki conservationists have now found the best places for releasing a school’s adopted kiwi, thanks to two schools who helped the experts ‘listen out’ for safe spots. Children at Huiakama School in Taranaki were excited to release Chirp the kiwi into Rotokare Scenic Reserve after weeks of fundraising to help support their sponsored bird. Connor,
Taranaki’s Young Farmers are playing a vital role in helping rebuild the region’s dwindling kiwi population. Two juvenile kiwi were released into Egmont National Park on Sunday as part of a Taranaki Kiwi Trust programme Taranaki’s Young Farmers’ clubs donated $600 to help cover costs associated with rearing one of the chicks. “It costs up to $1500
The famed Taranaki kiwi that was born in a car earlier this year was one of two released into the wild over the weekend. Rock Star, which gained its name due to its birth in the back of a car, and another juvenile kiwi were released into the Egmont National Park as part of a programme by
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