by Save the Kiwi | Nov 9, 2023 | Kiwi Champions, Media, Save the Kiwi
When kiwi chicks first hatch out of their shells, they weigh around 300 grams. But this kiwi takes ‘tiny’ to a whole new level. Meet the World’s Smallest Kiwi: a miniscule kiwi that’s so small you can’t even see it with a magnifying glass. But wait: isn’t that it...
by Save the Kiwi | Oct 30, 2023 | Media, Save the Kiwi
New Zealand charity committed to saving the kiwi, Save the Kiwi, is calling for all New Zealanders to back our national bird in this year’s Bird of the Century campaign. Save the Kiwi executive director Michelle Impey says the winner should be obvious. “There’s only...
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 28, 2023 | Kohanga Kiwi, Media
More than two years after a stoat incursion put a halt to kiwi being released onto Auckland’s Motutapu Island, this week approximately 25 juvenile kiwi will be released onto the motu, heralding the re-launch of Save the Kiwi’s “To the motu and back” Kōhanga Kiwi...
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 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...