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…

Ōtanewainuku Kiwi Trust Public Meeting – 11th July 2022 We are pleased to extend a warm invitation for you and your friends to join us at our upcoming annual public meeting at 7pm on Monday 11th July at the Tauranga Yacht Club.  This is an important opportunity to thank our volunteers, supporters and partner organisations…

Kiwi News May 2022 Same as, same as. LePew is missing again, and wouldn’t you know it, his brother Adieu has also disappeared.  All the singles are much more mobile. It’s rather a lucky dip on who will pop up where. Several have had to be returned to Ōtanewainuku safely. All but two transmitter changes…

Operations Update April 2022 The team of 61 (plus) trappers continues to service 50 (plus) lines on a fortnightly basis. Currently we are in the great position of having a full compliment of trappers and a small group in the wings picking up skills and experience so they are ready to cover an absent trapper…

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…