If you’ve attended one of the working bees this year, you may have met Astrid – she’s the one doing the cooking and food and drink preparation. Since moving to New Zealand from Mexico in late 2018 after meeting her kiwi partner, Astrid’s been looking for a way of giving back to the community and…

Over the past few months a handful of hardy volunteers have been deploying DOC 250 ferret traps around the perimeter of Otanewainuku. The whole of the western perimeter has seen traps installed that are now being regularly checked and re-baited by volunteers. The northern stretch of the eastern edge is also up and running. The…

Zespri is donating $50,000 a year for the next three years to assist the Trust’s work. “It’s fantastic to be able to support these sterling locals who’ve been quietly working to save kiwi for decades now,” says Zespri Chief Grower and Alliances Officer Dave Courtney.  The $150,000 three-year commitment will fund transmitting gear for tracking…

A huge thank you to our volunteers! I just want to say a huge thank you to everybody that has helped out over the last several weeks with the pest control program. We had a great turn out, and every week managed to accomplish all we planned to complete on the day. Thanks to Volunteering…

Update – kokako won! Please vote for the Kokako, Oropi’s favourite mascot. “Kokako are managing to make a come back on the doorstep of many major cities like the Ōtanewainuku Forest in Tauranga and we would like this success to spread around the island.”

Another kiwi has hatched! We have another kiwi safely hatched from an Ōtanewainuku bred egg! Sartor was hatched at Kiwi Encounter in Rotorua on the 18 December 2015.