Kiwi could disappear from our forests if we don’t work to save them now

Aotearoa used to be home to millions of kiwi. Today, there are only 68,000. Save the Kiwi is on a mission to rebuild the kiwi population – but we need your help. Join the cause to return kiwi to where they used to live ... before it's too late.
Traps

$250 could buy one DOC 250 trap

Stoats and ferrets are the biggest threats to wild kiwi, but it can be hard to catch them. It's important that we have the best tools on the ground to make kiwi habitat safer.

$250 could buy one DOC 250 trap which is effective enough to kill a stoat or ferret. And one less stoat or ferret in the wild means the kiwi population is much safer.

Millennium Hotels and Resorts is proud to support Save the Kiwi in their efforts to protect kiwi from predators, nurture young kiwi and release kiwi back to areas where they once roamed freely. With Millennium, Copthorne, Kingsgate and M Social hotels located throughout New Zealand, Millennium understands the importance of preserving New Zealand’s unique wildlife – and we hope you’ll join the mission to save the kiwi too.

More ways to support kiwi conservation

Kiwi egg handling

Become a sponsor

When you join Save the Kiwi’s sponsorship whānau, you can take great pride that your organisation is making a tangible difference to the future of the national kiwi population.

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Kiwi Endowment Fund

Endowment Fund

To guarantee the future population growth of the kiwi, the Save the Kiwi Endowment Fund gives generous donors the opportunity to directly invest into the future of our national icon. Managed by Jarden and supported by patrons Sir John Key and Helen Clark, the Save the Kiwi Endowment Fund will ensure that predator control, training, the development of more kōhanga sites and incubation and crèching facilities, and other kiwi conservation initiatives will be guaranteed long into the future.

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Kiwi egg handling

Leave a gift in your will

Want to leave a legacy that will really make a difference? Leaving a gift in your will to Save the Kiwi is a wonderful way to contribute to the return of the kiwi all over New Zealand even when you’re not here to see it.

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Limited edition kiwi print by Ruby Smythe

Gifts that support kiwi

For unique gift ideas for all ages, interests and occasions that support kiwi conservation at the same time, start at Save the Kiwi's shop.

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