by Save the Kiwi | Nov 11, 2021 | Crombie Lockwood Kiwi Burrow, Kiwi Champions
What do you get when you cross 10 people, seven kiwi, and hundreds of kilometres of travel between the National Kiwi Hatchery and Pukaha Mt Bruce via the Crombie Lockwood Kiwi Burrow? A prime example of the collaborative magic that can happen in kiwi conservation –...
by Save the Kiwi | Oct 21, 2021 | Crombie Lockwood Kiwi Burrow, Sponsors
Crombie Lockwood CEO Carl O’Shea and Save the Kiwi Executive Director Michelle Impey outside the Crombie Lockwood Kiwi Burrow. Photo credit: Crombie Lockwood Crombie Lockwood today announced that they will continue their partnership with Save the Kiwi...
by Save the Kiwi | Jul 2, 2021 | Crombie Lockwood Kiwi Burrow
Final chick of the season flies the coop If you’d asked the Crombie Lockwood Kiwi Burrow team at the beginning of the 2020/2021 kiwi hatching season how they thought it was going to go, they probably would have shrugged their shoulders. The dedicated incubation,...
by Save the Kiwi | Apr 6, 2021 | Crombie Lockwood Kiwi Burrow
Chocolate bunnies and … kiwi eggs? While you were snacking on hot cross buns this Easter, a special egg has hatched at a kiwi incubation facility just north of Taupō. On the evening of Good Friday, the 100th kiwi of the 2020/21 season hatched at the Crombie Lockwood...
by Save the Kiwi | Dec 2, 2020 | Crombie Lockwood Kiwi Burrow
It’s been 365 days since the Crombie Lockwood Kiwi Burrow was officially opened. So, what has the team and facility been up to since? A lot. Today is a very special day on the Kiwis for kiwi calendar. It’s the official first birthday of the Crombie Lockwood Kiwi...
by Save the Kiwi | Nov 27, 2020 | Crèche, Crombie Lockwood Kiwi Burrow, Kiwi 101
Have you ever wondered what kiwi eat for dinner when they don’t live in the wild? Spoiler alert: It’s not worms. Kiwi are omnivores which means they eat a bit of everything. Worms, beetles, leaves and berries feature heavily on the menu, but some Brown Kiwi have been...