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Rotorua, 20 February, 2012 – A tiny new 238g kiwi chick has hatched at Rainbow Springs in Rotorua.
 
The chick, which arrived a week ago, is part of the park's captive breeding programme and the smallest to ever arrive at the park's Kiwi Encounter hatchery.


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Thanks to a Herculean conservation effort by Hurunui College in North Canterbury, three great-spotted kiwi/roroa will be returned to the Nina valley tomorrow.


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Rachel Hunter in landmark release

Takamoana, a one kilogram juvenile male North Island brown kiwi, was released into thick bush in the Maungataniwha Native Forest in inland Hawke’s Bay on the weekend by New Zealand model, actress and mother Rachel Hunter.


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Rotorua, 3 February, 2012 – Milestone kiwi chick number 1,000 was today released back to the wild of its native habitat in the Waimarino Forest near Ohakune in the North Island.


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  • Kiwi aversion training for dogs - Dargaville

     

    Have your dog trained to avoid kiwi. It's not a silver bullet, but it can help save kiwi.  Find out more about how it works here.

     

    When: 11th February 2012

    Where: Dargaville

    Who: Contact Daren Jones with Department of Conservation for more information. 

    Email: djones@doc.govt.nz


  • Northland Kiwi Hui

    Friday 16th March, 2012

    BNZ Save the Kiwi Trust, NZ Landcare Trust and the Department of Conservation invite you to attend this informative day and networking opportunity for kiwi conservation projects in Northland.


  • Kiwi Aversion Training for Dogs

    5-6 November 2011

     

    Have your dog kiwi aversion trained and help keep kiwi safe this season.


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    Every year we prepare an annual review to say what we're about, what we aimed to do, and what we actually did.  This year we are running a competition for school students, aged between 12 and 18, to design the review's cover. There are great prizes up for grabs - for you AND for your school!


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    NZ Holiday Card, supporting sponsor of BNZ Save the Kiwi Trust, is offering you the chance to win back your airfares to New Zealand!


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  • Junior Technician for the Centre for Wildlife Management and Conservation

     

    The Centre for Wildlife Management and Conservation, at Lincoln University, is researching new, effective and humane tools and techniques for reducing populations of invasive mammalian pest species and for monitoring biodiversity increase. Through collaboration with communities, Māori, pest control practitioners and research partners, we aim to provide international leadership in the development of innovative pest management tools and strategies to enhance conservation efforts both within New Zealand and internationally. We seek a junior research technician with practical skills and experience in vertebrate pest control to join our multidisciplinary team of experts in animal ecology, wildlife management, toxicology and design engineering.


  • Senior Technician for the Centre for Wildlife Management and Conservation

     

    The Centre for Wildlife Management and Conservation, at Lincoln University, is researching new, effective and humane tools and techniques for reducing populations of invasive mammalian pest species and for monitoring biodiversity increase. Through collaboration with communities, Māori, pest control practitioners and research partners, we aim to provide international leadership in the development of innovative pest management tools and strategies to enhance conservation efforts both within New Zealand and internationally. We seek a senior research technician with practical skills and experience in vertebrate pest control to join our multidisciplinary team of experts in animal ecology, wildlife management, toxicology and design engineering.

     

     


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In 1906, the Smithsonian National Zoological Park, in Washington D.C., was the first North American zoo to exhibit kiwi. Brown kiwi have been on permanent display since 1968 – the first pair was a gift from the New Zealand government.

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