Environment, Conservation and Outdoor Education Trust
Schools can help Save Our Kaweka Kiwi and at the same time deliver some key concepts of Environmental Education to their pupils, as part of the curriculum.
Kiwi talks are also available at the Opouahi crèche shelter on Mondays during the kiwi chick season from November to April. They are given by volunteers and are free (although donations are appreciated).
The Environment, Conservation and Outdoor Education Trust (ECOED) was established in 2002 to halt the decline of North Island brown kiwi in the Kaweka Forest Park. At that time, the estimated kiwi population was about 200. In response to the crisis, ECOED initiated the Save the Kiwi Hawke’s Bay Project, which is now known as Save Our Kaweka Kiwi, or SOKK.
Our goal is to restore a healthy population of kiwi in the forest park.
