It’s been a busy start to September for our volunteers, with two nest raids and a trip to the Gallagher kiwi hatchery in Taupō. Robyn and Fi completed the raid on Mr JC’s nest, while Tipene, Krysten, Dave and Deb tracked down Mākāhu. In total three eggs were retrieved from the Kaweka Forest Park on… [Read More]
Luke and Joel meet their first wild (and a bit grumpy) kiwi
At a little past 8am, we set off walking with David and Deb Harrington. I was excited, and so was my son Joel. Our mission was to locate Spike. At 20 years old, Spike is a male kiwi, and in a few months’ time he will be faithfully sitting on an egg. Today we would… [Read More]
Robyn, Fi and the adventurous kiwi
It was a cold morning as we headed up to the Kaweka Range to do a health check on Huripari, a young male kiwi. Huripari is an adventurous young bird. He was first released near the Makahu Saddle Hut but decided to venture further afield to discover new lands. He travelled many kms all the… [Read More]
The wanderer and the homebody
David and Deb caught up with Manaaki te Kiwi and Milligan for their 2nd health checks in mid-April. Manaaki was released in January with the help of some wonderful staff from our sponsor Stantec, while Milligan was released earlier that month. It was a windy old day in the Kaweka Forest Park, but David and… [Read More]
A rare sighting on the Makino River trapline
Here’s a trap station with a Goodnature automatic A24 and a double-set DOC 200. We obtained a series of photos showing a weasel checking the A24 and entering the DOC 200. The camera is set up to take three photos in series with a one-minute delay before the camera is triggered again. So the shots… [Read More]
That’s another fine mess you got us into, Stanley*
Banner Photo: Stanley, caught by Robyn The ever-positive Fiona decided it was a good time to go find Stanley, despite Labour weekend madness and a misty morning. With a late start, we headed up and were surprised that, with the road now open (to the public), only three vehicles were in the Makahu car park…. [Read More]
We’re expanding the trap line network in the Kaweka Forest Park
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]
The ‘zombie’ kiwi is alive, kicking – and now reporting in correctly!
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]
Cute freshly hatched kiwi photos incoming in 3 … 2 … 1 …
The 2023/24 hatching season has officially started at the Crombie Lockwood Kiwi Burrow, with the arrival of four kiwi eggs. Two eggs came from a kiwi known as “Blew” in the Kaweka Ranges, and two are from a kiwi known as “Plummet” from Maungataniwha. When eggs first arrive at the Burrow, our kiwi keepers ‘candle’… [Read More]
A Japanese flavour to our day
Banner Photo: Checking Huripari’s weight gain Last week, four of us headed off the Kaweka Road to do the first health checks on two new young kiwis named Huripari and Oji. Huripari means cyclone and Oji is the parent company of Pan Pac, a major sponsor for our project. With a nice sunny day, we… [Read More]
The hidden world uncovered by a trail camera
Banner Photo: Makino River setup l to r: camera, A24 trap, Steve Allen SA2 trap, an AT220 trap and a DoC 200 trap Pete and Judy gained experience with trail cameras working with the Australian Wildlife Conservancy monitoring endangered species such as Northern Bettongs and Carpenterian Pseudantichinus. So when they set up an AT220 possum… [Read More]
We are almost there with a new Anawhenua trapline
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]
