Save the Kiwi Week
Save the Kiwi Week is a wonderful opportunity for all Kiwis to celebrate our namesake: the kiwi.
For 2026, Save the Kiwi Week will be held on 19-25 October.
To get involved with Save the Kiwi Week, follow Save the Kiwi on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
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Five ways to celebrate Save the Kiwi Week
Save the Kiwi week has been inspiring Kiwis to protect their namesake since 2013. Every year, Kiwis around the country come together to celebrate and protect this unique manu.
1. Run a fundraiser for Save the Kiwi week!
Whether it’s a sausage sizzle, bake sale, or pub quiz, bring together friends and whānau to run a fundraiser during Save the Kiwi week. You can also celebrate kiwi even if you’re outside of Aotearoa New Zealand.
2. Volunteer for a nearby trapline
The biggest threat to kiwi are introduced threats, especially stoats. If you live in areas where kiwi already are or are close to where they are, install backyard traps and find a trapping group near you. Traps don’t just benefit kiwi, but other taonga threatened by invasive predators.
Check out Predator Free NZ for trapping groups that you can join.
3. Have a working dog and live near kiwi?
Thanks to years of hard mahi, kiwi are in a state of recovery and thriving in many places, including areas where they have long been absent from. Some of these areas are also places where dogs are used for hunting or farming. Dogs can be a threat to kiwi, but with responsible dog ownership both dogs and kiwi can thrive.
Responsible dog ownership can look like keeping dogs contained (inside, or in a secure run) at night, ensuring every dog comes back from every hunt, and taking dogs to regular Kiwi Avoidance Training with an endorsed trainer. If you or someone you know has a farming or hunting dog, sign up for a Kiwi Avoidance Training session near you.
4. Report a kiwi in the wild
If you’re out and about and see a kiwi or signs that kiwi are around, let us know! Report it through to our Report a kiwi platform. And if you need a quick guide to help you check for kiwi signs near you, check out this guide.
5. Share a good news story about kiwi
Kiwi are returning in areas with predator management. Here are just a few of the many good news stories you can share:
- North Island Brown kiwi spreading throughout Rodney with the mahi of The Forest Bridge Trust
- Record breaking North Island Brown kiwi translocations that we conduct annually with Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari and Ngāti Korokī Kahukura
- North Island Brown kiwi enjoying the hills of Wellington thanks to the mahi of the Capital Kiwi Project
- North Island Brown kiwi loving the island life on Waiheke
- Kiwi Pukupuku Little Spotted kiwi breeding again at Brook Waimārama Sanctuary
- Kiwi spotted in Pureora Forest Park after more than 25 years
Help us save a kiwi like this one
When we work together, we can take kiwi from endangered to everywhere.
