News Coverage
2025
17 June 2025 – Hawkes Bay Today
Hawke’s Bay kiwi conservation: Eggs taken from nests boosting survival rates
2023
17 December 2023 – New Zealand Geographic
Dinosaurs Rising
5 December 2023 – Gisborne Herald
‘Weird’ kiwi nesting behaviour noticed
18 July 2023 – Wairoa Star
Unearthing the Past
9 July 2023 – One News
Cyclone-ravaged riverbeds bring buried fossils to the surface
19 June 2023 – Otago Daily Times
Hawke’s Bay fossils found after cyclone like a giant has stamped about
18 June 2023 – Radio New Zealand
Hawke’s Bay fossils found after cyclone: ‘It’s like a giant has walked down the stream-bed’
16 June 2023 – Hawkes Bay Today
Hawke’s Bay fossil finds: Cyclone Gabrielle’s scouring uncovers trove set to rewrite NZ record
16 June 2023 – Stuff
Possible ancient sea monster fossils among treasure trove revealed by Cyclone Gabrielle floodwaters
24 May 2023 – Sunlive
Kiwi hatchery celebrates record number of chicks
23 May 2023 – Stuff
DOC to raise concerns with Miami Zoo over treatment of kiwi
5 April 2023 – Hawkes Bay Today
Simon Hall is creating NZ’s largest private conservation estate
1 April 2023 – Radio New Zealand
Simon Hall: creating NZ’s largest private conservation estate
28 March 2023 – Gisborne Herald
Successful and repeatable
28 February 2023 – Forest and Bird
Right Royal Rescue
2022
24 September 2022 – Stuff
What I learned fossil hunting in remote northern Hawke’s Bay
21 July 2022 – Hawkes Bay Today
Migrating Hawke’s Bay kiwi discover promised land
10 July 2022 – Gisborne Herald
On the hunt
8 July 2022 – Hawkes Bay Today
Novice fossil hunter spots important find in Hawke’s Bay fossil hotspot
8 July 2022 – Stuff
Hunting trip leads to discovery of ‘a bit of bone that’s million of years old’
14 April 2022 – Hawkes Bay Today
Rare whio return to Hawke’s Bay at Maungataniwha
20 March 2022 – Hawkes Bay Today
Record egg haul for Hawke’s Bay kiwi project
18 March 2022 – Hawkes Bay Today
Sharp-eyed fossil finder unearths Maungataniwha treasure
6 March 2022 – Stuff
Entrepreneur’s kiwi conservation: ‘Some people buy a beach house in Omaha, I bought a mountain and a valley’
4 Feb 2022 – Hawkes Bay Today
Local biodiversity grant helps mistletoe recovery
2021
20 October 2021 – Gisborne Herald
‘Beyond grateful’ for donation: Cash boost to help native forest regeneration initiative at Maungataniwha
24 May 2021 – Hawkes Bay Today
Moa bone believed to be 700 years old found in Hawke’s Bay bush
18 February 2021 – Hawkes Bay Today
Kiwi chicks hatching by the dozens in Hawke’s Bay this summer
2020
29 September 2020 – Gisborne Herald
High hopes for nesting season
18 September 2020 – NZ Herald
Kiwi nesting season off to a flying start (not literally) in Hawke’s Bay
30 July 2020 – SunLive
Hungry kiwi turn their backs on second eggs
27 July 2020 – Hawke’s Bay Today
Dry spell curbs kiwi romance in Hawke’s Bay
26 July 2020 – RNZ
Kiwis’ failure to propagate an ‘instinctive reaction’ to drought
21 July 2020 – The Country
Rare native mistletoe makes ‘staggering’ Hawke’s Bay comeback
2019
27 December 2019 – The New Zealand Herald
Giant tooth was a giant marine reptile‘s: Hawke’s bay’s ‘astonishing’ fossil find celebrated
7 September – One News Now
Plight of the kiwi looking up after boosted efforts from conservationists
21 August 2019 – Newsroom
An audacious plan to save a rare species
5 August – The New Zealand Herald
Hatching a plan: How a Hawke’s Bay trust took kiwi survival rates from 5 per cent to 72 per cent
5 August – Scoop.co.nz
New crop of kiwi returning to Hawke’s Bay forest
29 June – Scoop.co.nz
Kiwi search brings more birds into the fold
18 June – The New Zealand Herald
Birdlife faces hammering from predators
16 June – Sunlive
Rat numbers set to explode in NZ forests
2018
30 November – Waateanews.com
Early flowers point to hot dry summer
12 November – Gisborne Herald
Forest back in native species
21 August – Scoop.co.nz
New crop of kiwi set to return to Hawke’s Bay forests
20 June – Forest and Bird magazine, Winter edition
Pine No More
14 April – The New Zealand Herald
Local specialist Tamsin Ward-Smith joins Mangataniwha Kiwi Project
7 April – Hawke’s Bay Today
Kiwi with special connection to Sir Paul McCartney released into wild
6 April – Scoop.co.nz
Conservation trust snares specialist support
23 January 2018 – Gisborne Herald
Bumper crop of kiwi eggs at Maungataniwha
2017
27 June – Radio New Zealand
Restoring Forest Life
19 June – Hawke’s Bay Today
Kevin the kiwi released in ‘hopeful moment’
3 March -Hawke’s Bay Today
$18,000 grant boosts predator control efforts
2016
25 October – Hawke’s Bay Today
Kiwi project given boost to funding
22 October – Hawke’s Bay Today
Kiwi find safe haven at Cape Sanctuary
15 August – Sun Live
Fears for kiwi hatchlings
15 August – TVNZ
Special mission to rescue unhatched kiwi after cold snap
2015
13 October 2015 – Gisborne Herald
New sanctuary for Lake Waikaremoana
28 July – NZ Herald
Rachel Hunter fights for the kiwis
1 July – Scoop.co.nz
Kiwi count points to progress
8 April – Radio NZ ‘Afternoons’
Strong man of the bush marks kiwi conservation milestone
7 April – Scoop.co.nz
Mother and son reunion marks special conservation milestone
7 April – Voxy.co.nz
|Mother and son reunion marks special conservation milestone
7 April – Voxy.co.nz
200th kiwi chick released in Hawke’s Bay forest
6 April – Maori Television
200th kiwi released back into wilderness
6 April – Hawke’s Bay Today
Emotional day as 200th kiwi released
27 March – Hawke’s Bay Today
Nasty predator’s teeth found in forest
2014
3 November – NZ Woman’s Weekly
Hemi wings it!
22 October – The Southland Times
Hollyford trust seeks council funding
15 October – Northland Age
Life and limb risked for rarest seeds
5 October – Daily Post, Rotorua Bay of Plenty
Saving species worth the risks
1 October – Whio Forever
First wild Whio ducklings hatch
30 September – Conservation Blog (DOC)
Update from DOC D-G Lou Sanson
22 September – Conservation Blog (DOC)
Keep an eye out for Kakabeak
22 September – What’s up, DOC?
Hunters and trampers urged to report sightings of rare Kakabeak this Spring
22 September – Scoop.co.nz
Kiwi conservationists on trend alert
11 September – Conservation Blog (DOC)
Hunters and trampers urged to report sightings of rare kakabeak this spring
9 September – Business Scoop
Bush-goers asked to report sightings of endangered plant
6 September – The New Zealand Herald
Kiwi bird hatched after 78 days of incubation
9 June – Hutt News
Fossil find gives collection boost
9 June – Hawke’s Bay Today
Fossil found in Hawke’s Bay
9 June – The New Zealand Herald
Dinosaur-era fossil discovered in Hawkes Bay stream bed
9 June – Archaeology News Network
Geologists ‘trip over’ large ammonite fossil in New Zealand
9 June – Morning Report, Radio New Zealand
Giant fossil found by NZ Paleontologists
31 May – The Home & Garden Show, Radio Live
Saving Rare Species Like The Kakabeak
24 April – Our Changing World’, Radio New Zealand
Saving Kakabeak in the wild‘
19 April – Hawke’s Bay Today
Dry conditions may affect bay Kiwis’ shrinking eggs
4 April – Our Changing World’, Radio New Zealand Herald
Dinosaur fossils in Hawke’s Bay‘
24 March – The New Zealand Herald
Endangered ducks thrive in Hawke’s Bay waterways
Feb – Forest & Bird magazine
Kakabeak making a come back
17 Jan – Element magazine
Whio? Whew! River rafters on the hunt for ducks
2013
1 August – Northland Age
Stunning battler has come home
1 August – The Bay Chronicle
Rare species takes root
29 July – Bay of Plenty Times
Island provides seeds of hope
29 July – Northern Advocate
Island provides seeds of hope
8 July – Scoop.co.nz
DNA tests raise hope for elusive native plant
27 February – Radio NZ National
Hopes rare plant will thrive in the wild
2012
11th November – Sunday Star Times
The business of saving species
26th October – Hawkes Bay Today
Rare plants struggle to make a come back
24th October – Hawkes Bay Today
Forest refugees come home to Cape
28th July – Daily Post
Stage set for return of nature
18th July – Hawkes Bay Today
Wheel now turning full circle on Forests
17th July – Daily Post
Kiwis are blessed before release
19th June – Sunday Star-Times
Wintry kiwi baffle experts
19th June – Hawkes Bay Today
Trust’s bird release down to a fine art
19th June – Hawkes Bay Today
Kiwi surprise trust with pair of late season eggs
11th June -Hawkes Bay Today
Rare Whio found living in Hawkes Bay
10th June – The Herald on Sunday
Surprise find of endangered Blue Ducks
15th May – Coast & Country news
Conserving native flora and fauna
13th February – Dominion Post
Hunter sends Kiwi into wild
13th February – The New Zealand Herald
Rachel sends 100th Kiwi on his way
13th February – The Press
Kiwi kissed off to forest
2011
2009
March – Alfresco Magazine
Where the Wild Things Are