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The hidden world uncovered by a trail camera

23 July 2023 by Pete and Judy Morrin Leave a Comment

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]

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We are almost there with a new Anawhenua trapline

16 July 2023 by Julia Leave a Comment

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]

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Welcome to the team, Joel and Luke

23 June 2023 by Julia Leave a Comment

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]

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Camy is a canny kiwi

22 June 2023 by Julia Leave a Comment

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]

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Operation Nest Egg funded by the WWF and the Tindall Foundation

19 June 2023 by Julia Leave a Comment

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]

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Rapid responders fix the vital crèche fence

1 April 2023 by Julia Leave a Comment

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]

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Cyclone Gabrielle causes major damage to the kiwi crèche – and the loss of two chicks

7 March 2023 by Deb Harrington Leave a Comment

Monday 6 March, 2023 DoC Rangers Kahori and Alan did a recce trip on 26 February to see if it was possible to get through to the crèche by road. Eight of us then went in on 2 March to round up the surviving chicks. It was a big day. I don’t think we’d make… [Read More]

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New kids on the hill

2 February 2023 by Deb Harrington Leave a Comment

Banner Photo: Grant Russell from Stantec holding kiwi chick ‘Stanley’ Meet Stanley, our first chick release for the season. Deb had the pleasure of taking Grant Russell (and son Brodie) from Stantec, together with Reece O’Leary and Angelo from PanPac out to release ‘Stanley’ and ‘Pip’ back into the Kawekas. Stantec has sponsored Stanley under… [Read More]

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Wow, a kiwi chick

1 February 2023 by Julia Leave a Comment

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]

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Stoats galore?

28 January 2023 by Julia Leave a Comment

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]

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Johno’s fading signal leads to a double surprise

18 January 2023 by Fiona Duley Leave a Comment

Banner Photo: Johno S and JohnoT in their transportation carrier for the ride to the kiwi crèche. Fiona and Robyn received a message from Deb asking if they could do a nest raid on Johno. Data showed his transmitter battery was failing, he had been nesting for 88 days, and he hadn’t triggered a hatch…. [Read More]

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MTT help with grass maintenance at the kiwi crèche

3 December 2022 by Marilyn Wright Leave a Comment

It was great to have Justin and his Jobs for Nature crew from Maungaharuru Tangitu Trust come to clear the lake track at the Opouahi kiwi crèche. There has been so much rain lately that the grass and other growth on the track was rampant and we needed it cleared for the summer visitors. The… [Read More]

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Stories

Kōhanga kiwi from Cape Sanctuary released into Kawekas

On Monday 31 March, six kiwi from Cape Sanctuary were released into the Kaweka Forest Park as part of Save the Kiwi’s Kōhanga programme.We … Read More

First chick of the season released into creche

The first kiwi chick of the season is now safely in the creche at Lake Opouahi. On Tuesday 14 January, we conducted a raid on Mr JC’s nest and were … Read More

Three more eggs off to the hatchery

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 … 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 … 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. … Read More

About us

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.

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