by Save the Kiwi | Oct 23, 2024 | Everyday Kiwis, Save the Kiwi
If you bump into Gaia O’Hare on a day off, chances are she’ll end up talking about kiwi anyway. “I love working with kiwi so much,” she says. “I think about them every day and end up discussing work all the time on my days off. Getting to know the kiwi – tracking them...
by Save the Kiwi | Oct 14, 2024 | Everyday Kiwis, Media, Save the Kiwi
Photo: Bev Wilkinson (L) and Miriam Strachan (R) conduct a health check on a kiwi at the Napier kiwi creche. Bev Wilkinson knows a thing or two about kiwi. And she should, after working with this taonga species for almost 20 years. “My kiwi conservation career started...
by Save the Kiwi | Apr 22, 2024 | Everyday Kiwis, Jobs for Nature, Save the Kiwi
It’s mid-afternoon on a beautifully clear Tuesday in March, and Ngatokoa Tikitau can’t wipe the smile off his face. “Man, that was amazing, eh,” he exclaims to a mate. “It’s so special to be a part of this mahi.” Hailing from South Taranaki (he proudly wears the...
by Save the Kiwi | Apr 22, 2024 | Dogs, Everyday Kiwis, Save the Kiwi
For as long as she can remember, Emma Craig has been passionate about caring for the environment. “I can’t ever remember a time when I wasn’t invested in us humans doing better for Papatūānuku. I recall being this little kid in the 80’s seeing environmental...
by Save the Kiwi | Jul 8, 2023 | Everyday Kiwis
Al Grant is used to working long hours and in unpredictable environments. By day (and often by night), the police senior sergeant spends his time keeping the streets of South Auckland safe. But in his downtime, he volunteers his time to keeping kiwi safe. Al’s kiwi...
by Save the Kiwi | Feb 9, 2023 | Case Studies, Everyday Kiwis, Jobs for Nature, Kiwi Champions
Miro Parsonson hasn’t heard a kiwi calling near his family home for at least a decade. As a child, the 29-year-old remembers falling asleep to the shrill calls of kiwi in the forest that surrounds the home his parents built from scratch deep in the Far North’s...
