18th March 2024 Kiwi / NTTThe National Kiwi Hatchery has marked its relocation at Rotorua Agrodome with an official opening ceremony led by local mana whenua.
30th May 2023 Kiwi / NTTThe National Kiwi Hatchery is celebrating 153 new chicks – the most successful on record for any season.
24th April 2023 DOC / KiwiTongariro Forest Kiwi Sanctuary is now home to nine Western brown kiwi as the first tranche of almost 70 to be returned.
12th November 2020 Conservation / KiwiTe Anau Bird Sanctuary has welcomed three new kōwhiowhio, or blue duck, ducklings who hatched at the end of October.
2nd November 2020 Cruise / KiwiDonations made by cruise ship passengers visiting the Bay of Plenty during the 2019/2020 season have funded the hatching and raising of a kiwi chick.
23rd April 2020 Conservation / KiwiA Givealittle page has been set up to help the Otorohanga Kiwi House as the facility copes with life under the Covid-19 lockdown.
2nd September 2019 Attraction / KiwiThe first kiwi chick of the season arrived at Rainbow Springs’ National Kiwi Hatchery Aotearoa on Friday afternoon – weeks before the season usually starts.
26th February 2019 Corporate / Kiwi / ToursTourism Holdings’ bus tour business is feeling the pinch from a falling youth backpacker market.
