by Save the Kiwi | Apr 21, 2023 | Crombie Lockwood Kiwi Burrow, Kohanga Kiwi, Media, Save the Kiwi
18 years after four kiwi chicks were gifted from Ngāti Hikairo ki Tongariro to Ngāti Korokī Kahukura to create a founder population of kiwi at Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari, kiwi have returned to their whenua (homeland). In 2005, Ngāti Hikairo ki Tongariro, one of...
by Save the Kiwi | Mar 29, 2022 | Crombie Lockwood Kiwi Burrow, Media, Save the Kiwi
Last Friday, the kiwi chick that hatched on live television in February was released into its new home at Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari, accompanied by one of the presenters who was one of the first to welcome it into the world. On February 16th, the kiwi chick...
by Erin Reilly | Feb 17, 2022 | Crombie Lockwood Kiwi Burrow, Save the Kiwi, Sponsors
The best things come in twos, apparently. On 2/2/2022, a very special kiwi chick hatched at the Crombie Lockwood Kiwi Burrow. Given the name “Whakaora” which means “healing” or “to save”, this chick is the 200th kiwi to hatch at the dedicated hatching and brooding...
by Save the Kiwi | Feb 16, 2022 | Crombie Lockwood Kiwi Burrow, Media, Save the Kiwi
It was a very special morning on TVNZ’s Breakfast earlier today, when a kiwi chick hatched on live television right before the 8 o’clock news. Breakfast was live streaming the egg from an incubator at the Crombie Lockwood Kiwi Burrow in Taupō, when right on 8am the...
by Save the Kiwi | Nov 19, 2021 | Crombie Lockwood Kiwi Burrow
After a busy couple of months, the 50th egg of the 2021/22 season has hatched at the Crombie Lockwood Kiwi Burrow. Meet Mn.Irr7 (affectionately known as ‘Rum’ because it rolls off the tongue a bit easier). This wee chick arrived at the Crombie Lockwood Kiwi Burrow as...
by Save the Kiwi | Nov 11, 2021 | Crombie Lockwood Kiwi Burrow, Kiwi Champions
What do you get when you cross 10 people, seven kiwi, and hundreds of kilometres of travel between the National Kiwi Hatchery and Pukaha Mt Bruce via the Crombie Lockwood Kiwi Burrow? A prime example of the collaborative magic that can happen in kiwi conservation –...
