Banner Photo:Cobb was tasked with the placement and staking of the traps Save the Kiwi, in declining our request for financial assistance, cited the need to fill gaps in the trapping coverage in the Kaweka Forest Park. So David Harrington took up this challenge and scoped, cut and marked several new trap lines. Now we… [Read More]

Banner Photo: Julia holding Mr JC You could call Mr JC a zombie kiwi. His transmitter was reporting him dead, but he continued to wander about. This was a big worry, and lengthy previous attempts to find him had failed. But we tried again and eventually tracked him down and replaced his faulty transmitter. This… [Read More]

Deb and David Harrington have been busy lately, working in the field on the Save Our Kaweka Kiwi project. On 30 June, they completed marking the Anawhenua stream trapline with blue plastic triangles, along with the 22 proposed trap locations with pink plastic triangles. It’s now all ready for the traps to be installed by… [Read More]

A story from our new trappers: it’s great to have Luke and Joel on the team Banner Photo: Joel in training under Deb’s watchful eye I love the outdoors. So does Joel, my 15-year-old son. As a fisherman, tramper and hunter, I normally want to push on towards the best fishing, the next track, the… [Read More]

Kiwi ‘Camy’ is a very important kiwi to the project as he’s the only monitored kiwi from Maungataniwha still with a transmitter. He’s also the most difficult kiwi to get to and was overdue for a health check and new transmitter. Last week, Deb and David flew in from Bridge Pa with perfect flying conditions…. [Read More]

During the 2022/2023 nesting season, we received funding from the World Wildlife Fund NZ and the Tindall Foundation for rearing from six eggs, and a further funding for four eggs in the 2023/2024 season. Our thanks for their help. The first chick ’Pip’, a female, was released into the Kaweka Forest Park in January 2023…. [Read More]

The fence around the Opuahi crèche is secure again, thanks to super-quick action by Pestproof Fences Ltd. John and Nigel from the company got onto the job immediately, with repairs now complete. We can’t thank them enough. The next stage will be to undertake intensive trapping to remove any pests that may have got inside… [Read More]

Johno, our superhero kiwi in the Kaweka Forest Park, produced a kiwi chick and an egg (subsequently incubated at Westshore) in his first clutch of the 2022-23 season which is from June to March. Although the north island brown kiwi can lay eggs in any month. The chick, Johno Q, was released into the kiwi… [Read More]

Thursday 26 January 2023 Te Puia, (TP1- TP9) DOC250 traps, Hot Springs – Te Puia (370 – 411, DOC200, and CT13), Mangatainoka (W1-W15) Double set DOC200 traps It was a fine day at last, and so Grant headed out to do his monthly check of the trap lines. He rebaited an unmarked DOC200 trap near… [Read More]

Feral cats are becoming a big problem in many parts of the country. But the ‘cat conversation’ can be contentious. Save the Kiwi National Predator Control Advisor John Bissell discusses why feral cats are becoming more of a threat, and why this observation isn’t an attack on domestic cats. He says: ‘Feral cat numbers in… [Read More]

Te Puia Track, Hot Springs and Mangatainoka trap line, Wednesday 15 June 2022 Julia recently went trap line checking with Grant, a new volunteer on the Save Our Kaweka Kiwi taskforce.  Grant wants to ‘give back’ to the Kaweka Forest Park, where he spends downtime with his family camping and hunting. With recent rain in… [Read More]