- The Trust has over 180 km of trap and bait station lines
- 250 stoat trap tunnels
- 2142 bait stations within 1200ha of the Ōtanewainuku Conservation Area
- Originally estimated to be around 30 million Kiwi in NZ. Now around 70,000
- North Island Brown Eastern Taxon kiwi estimated to be about 7,000
- Kiwi eggs and chicks get eaten by predators where there is no protection
- Out of every 100 kiwi eggs laid only five kiwi chicks will make it to adulthood
- An average of 27 kiwi are killed by predators EVERY WEEK. That’s a population decline of around 1,400 kiwi every year (or 2%)
- Kiwi may disappear from the mainland in our lifetime. Just one hundred years ago, kiwi numbered in the millions In areas where predators are controlled, 50-60% of chicks survive.
- When areas are not under management 95% of kiwi die before reaching breeding age
- Over 4000 predators trapped since the start of the Trust’s work
- Over 600 possums were removed from the bush in the past year
