by Save the Kiwi | Sep 9, 2026 | Gallagher Kiwi Burrow
Kim McGuire with one of the eggs from Cape Sanctuary The Gallagher Kiwi Burrow has welcomed eggs from Cape Sanctuary and Maungataniwha marking the start of the 2026 breeding season. The eggs are currently in incubators and chicks are expected in the next few weeks....
by Save the Kiwi | Mar 29, 2022 | Gallagher 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 Janina Castro | Feb 17, 2022 | Gallagher Kiwi Burrow, Save the Kiwi, Sponsors
The best things come in twos, apparently. On 2/2/2022, a very special kiwi chick hatched at the Crombie Lockwood Kiwi Burrow. Given the name “Whakaora” which means “healing” or “to save”, this chick is the 200th kiwi to hatch at the dedicated hatching and brooding...
by Save the Kiwi | Feb 16, 2022 | Gallagher 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...
by Save the Kiwi | Dec 4, 2021 | Save the Kiwi
What a year! It would be easy when reflecting on the year gone by to think about what this resurgence of Covid and the extended lockdown (for those of us in Auckland) has meant. But I’m not going to because all of that aside, it has been an incredible year for Save...
