Manukura

It was so exciting to see that two white Kiwi chicks have hatched at the National Wildlife Centre! This brings the number of white North Island Brown kiwi to be hatched there since 2010 to five.

The wee beauties were given a health check by the Department of Conservation and Pukaha staff who confirmed the pair were in good health, as the two hatched in the reserve and not in the nursery. Having a kiwi hatch and survive in the wild is a great indication that the thousands of dollars put into predator control each year on the reserve (located 15 mins drive north of Masterton) is paying off!

We were lucky enough to receive our own white kiwi in store too, thanks to Cheese Before Bedtime, and we are just as in love with the embroidered version!

If you'd like to see a little more of the white North Island Brown kiwi, here is a short video about Manukura (born 1 May, 2011) you can follow her on facebook too - here!.



By Mike Heydon on Vimeo.

Kiwis back kiwi

This month is Kiwis for Kiwi month!

A shocking amount of chicks (95%!) don't survive in the wild and so we are collecting 50c from every kiwi sale in store and online to donate to the cause as well as donating this big boy below to the trademe auctions (you can click here to see what's already up for grabs).

You can see our kiwis here! Every sale counts -  beanies to biggies.

Here is a wee overview of what a donation might help the Department of Conservation with.

- $25 Buys one trap and trap box
- $50 A kiwi health check
- $75 Train one dog to avoid kiwi
- $100 Protect one kiwi for an entire year
- $1,200 Fund one year in the life of a BNZ Operation Nest Egg chick
- $2,500 Buy one receiver to pick up transponder signals

Kiwis for Kiwi

We are officially in Save Kiwi Month and we think that's something worthy of making noise about.

Our national icon needs saving now. Currently, 95% of kiwi chicks die in the wild. If nothing is done, our children could be the last generation to see kiwi in their natural habitat. Don’t let our kids grow up without kiwi.

A donation can help kiwi conservationists across New Zealand to carry on their dedicated work in the field – trapping predators, monitoring kiwi, protecting kiwi habitats and educating communities. $100 will save a kiwi by providing predator control for an entire year! It's not much if you can rally a group of friends to donate too.

Head over to the website. There is a video and a lot of information all about the cause. Plus you can even download a individual, school or business fundraising toolkit! Kiwis for Kiwi! We can do this!

Below are our cute kiwi but we are very worried they might be the only guys still hanging around 10 years from now.