by Save the Kiwi | Oct 14, 2024 | Kiwi Champions, 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 | 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...
by Save the Kiwi | May 24, 2021 | Crèche, Kiwi Champions
We all know it’s important to have iron in our diet. But sometimes kiwi take that a bit too literally! Luckily, ‘The Ernie’ is helping out with that. Kiwi have a diverse diet. They eat everything from worms and seeds, to fungi and even frogs. To help them digest their...
by Save the Kiwi | Nov 27, 2020 | Crèche, Crombie Lockwood Kiwi Burrow, Kiwi 101
Have you ever wondered what kiwi eat for dinner when they don’t live in the wild? Spoiler alert: It’s not worms. Kiwi are omnivores which means they eat a bit of everything. Worms, beetles, leaves and berries feature heavily on the menu, but some Brown Kiwi have been...
