31 Mar 2017

Kiwi return to Auckland's Hunua Ranges

From Morning Report, 7:57 am on 31 March 2017

Decades after disappearing kiwi are returning to Auckland's Hunua ranges.

Kiwi are returning to Auckland's Hunua Ranges

Kiwi are returning to Auckland's Hunua Ranges Photo: AFP

Six birds will be released this afternoon, with at least 34 more to follow over the next six years.

Auckland Council Biodiversity manager Rachel Kelleher says the kiwi will be welcomed onto the local marae this afternoon and then released later on in the Hunua ranges... So long as they manage to catch the last four birds in the Coromandel this morning!