by Save the Kiwi | Sep 15, 2025 | Save the Kiwi
It has been 20 years since I said “hell yeah’’ to the job offer as Executive Director of BNZ Kiwi Recovery Trust. It was three years after I had landed in New Zealand, and only a couple years after the Trust had been formed as a legal entity. In an era where people...
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 | Oct 14, 2024 | Media, Save the Kiwi
After a successful inaugural year in 2023, the Kiwi Art Trail is back – in a bigger and better format. Today, the 2024/25 Kiwi Art Trail starts in Tauranga, launching an almost six-month roadshow around Te Ika-a-Māui and kicking the annual Save the Kiwi Week off with...
by Save the Kiwi | Oct 3, 2024 | Media, Save the Kiwi
Waiheke Island is regarded by many as the gem of Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf. Soon it could become a home for New Zealand’s taonga species, the kiwi. A permit application submitted by Save the Kiwi, Ngāti Paoa, and Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki to introduce a new population of kiwi...
by Save the Kiwi | Oct 1, 2024 | Media, Save the Kiwi
Kiwi feathers collected from across the US and Europe will soon be winging their way home in a repatriation effort between the United States of America and New Zealand. The NZ Ambassador to the US Rosemary Banks accepted the kiwi feathers on behalf of New Zealand at...
