by Save the Kiwi | Dec 19, 2025 | Ambassadors, Crèche, Predator Control, Raukūmara Pae Maunga, Save the Kiwi
It’s been a pretty busy 2025 for us at Save the Kiwi. Let’s look back at some highlights from this year. The Gallagher Kiwi Burrow hatched its 400th chick in January. The chick was named Wai after the Wairakei Golf + Sanctuary where the Burrow is located. Wai before...
by Save the Kiwi | Oct 31, 2025 | Save the Kiwi
He pīpī kiwi kua whānau mai i Waiheke, ki te whei ao, ki te ao marama! Kua harikoa i te whanautanga mai o te pīpī kiwi tuatahi ki te motu o Waiheke. He tohu nui tēnei ki a mātou kua whakatinanahia te tūmanako me te wawata o te hapori me ngā iwi kia tupu te kāhui kiwi...
by Erin Reilly | Feb 17, 2022 | Crombie Lockwood 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 | 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...
by Save the Kiwi | Aug 5, 2021 | Crèche
Napier kiwi creche kiwi keeper Miriam Strachan and husbandry manager Bev Wilkinson say farewell to “Tai”. In October last year, we opened the doors to our newest facility. Earlier this week, we bid farewell to the last chick to be returned to the wild this...
