by Save the Kiwi | Feb 24, 2022 | Sponsors
On a very wet and humid Friday morning in February, the Save the Kiwi team met 10 Jarden staff members and representatives from Ngāti Paoa, Thames Coast Kiwi Care, and Rotoroa Island Trust at Okahu Bay in Auckland. The mission? To safely deliver three kiwi chicks...
by Save the Kiwi | Feb 22, 2022 | Jobs for Nature, Kiwi Champions
For many New Zealanders, the opportunity to work in the outdoors all day every day is what dreams are made of. For Māia Gibbs, the appeal of the outdoors has always run deep. The 21-year-old was born and bred on her family’s farm in Tongapōrutu, northern Taranaki. She...
by Save the Kiwi | Feb 17, 2022 | Dogs, Predator Control
Dogs are important members of many New Zealanders’ families. But as friendly and well-trained as most of them are, dogs are also one of the biggest threats to adult kiwi. Dogs & kiwi don’t mix In 1987, just one German Shepherd is thought to have killed over 500...
by Save the Kiwi | Feb 16, 2022 | Crombie Lockwood Kiwi Burrow, Media, Save the Kiwi
It was a very special morning on TVNZ’s Breakfast earlier today, when a kiwi chick hatched on live television right before the 8 o’clock news. Breakfast was live streaming the egg from an incubator at the Crombie Lockwood Kiwi Burrow in Taupō, when right on 8am the...
by Save the Kiwi | Jan 29, 2022 | Dogs, Predator Control
Peppa is a mid-sized dog with a plus-sized personality. Loosely named after a cartoon pig with the same name, Peppa’s favourite sport is to chase birds. “Peppa is a cool dog but not the easiest pet,” says dog-dad Nathan Gibson. “She’s an English Pointer which is a...
