Bait Bagging Workday We had a great workday on Saturday 21st July! About 16 of us turned up to join Hans, Peter & Dave at “The end of the road” shed to bag the rat bait. It was an interesting and diverse group from all walks of life and all corners of the world. After…

Previously the Bestow donations had been going towards predator control in the forest, but the Trust approached us earlier this year to see if we would be interested in changing our sponsorship over to the translocation of kōkako into the area. There are currently 69 kōkako in Ōtanewainuku, and over 2000 kōkako pairs in New Zealand.…

Following on from the helicopter adventure, Adieu was returned to Mist’s territory and hung out there for a while then slipped off again. Our Olympian LePew didn’t sit still. Returned from Otawa Thursday, was located on the south boundary on Saturday and returned, picked up the wrong side of the Mountain on Monday and returned.…

Kiwi News June 2022 The last OKT chick of the season has left the hatchery and is now residing at Warrenheip. Tumunako & Ruby Red have graduated from Warrenheip to Ōtanewainuku. All transmitter changes have been done.On May 5th Shamus & Will from Adventure Helicopters Tauranga, took David B & Dave E up to see…

12,000 Acts of Kindness As part of National Volunteer Week, Ōtanewainuku Kiwi Trust is celebrating over 12,000 hours of volunteer contribution over the past year. Acting Chair, Kerry Ryan, said this is a staggering contribution. “That’s over a year’s worth of hours, put into the preservation of this beautiful and unique Bay of Plenty Forest…

Operations Update June 2022 The trapping team are all busy and quietly going about their work. We have trained and placed a number of new people on lines as sole charge or on a line share basis. The team has the option of going to monthly from fortnightly servicing for June/July and August. This is…