Kiwi News Breeding season is over for our kiwi. 11 chicks this year, up from 9 last year. The big surprise was Pistachio and Koura. Lets hope it’s the beginning of lots more babies from them. Their chick was named Ruby G by Bruce Fraser.   Smokey and Dacty came up with two good eggs, and for…

New Volunteer Coordinator Volunteering Bay of Plenty (Volbop) is contracted by Western Bay of Plenty District Council to manage and oversee Ōtanewainuku Kiwi Trust’s Volunteer Program. Julie Brown has recently been appointed to the role of Volbop’s Client Services Consultant, and she will oversee the responsibilities for the Trust’s Volunteer Program.  Julie Brown is originally from…

SAVE THE KIWI – MESSAGE ABOUT DOGS The biggest threat that adult kiwi face is dogs. In fact, the smallest, cutest, friendliest dog has the potential to kill a kiwi. That’s because even an inquisitive sniff could fatally damage the kiwi’s incredibly delicate chest.Not all dogs will chase a kiwi – but it pays to…

The Trust has recently appointed a project coordinator for the next proposed Kōkako translocation into the forest. Tiffany Randell is now working hard to coordinate the Kōkako team aiming to get the translocation proposal completed for submission to the Department of Conservation (DoC). The current main focus of the project is liaising with DoC and also planning towards greater iwi…

Based on the number of northern rātā logs and stumps scattered throughout the Ōtanewainuku forest, it’s evident that Ōtanewainuku was a significant northern rātā forest at some stage in its history. To our knowledge, there is only one living tree left in the area. We first photographed it in flower in 1995 and it has flowered…

So you are all sitting on the edge of your seats waiting? Koura and Pistachio had one egg, number 13 for them and the first goody. So proud of my team on a very steep slippery slope, hit with mega excitement, keeping their cool, and processing the egg during the lift. Did I say we’re…