{"id":2426,"date":"2025-07-30T03:05:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T03:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saje.nz\/forest\/?page_id=2426"},"modified":"2025-08-21T15:32:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T03:32:32","slug":"kiwi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/saje.nz\/forest\/kiwi\/","title":{"rendered":"KIWI"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2426\" class=\"elementor elementor-2426\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4094ee7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4094ee7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdaebc1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fdaebc1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"215\" height=\"179\" src=\"https:\/\/saje.nz\/forest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Logo-PNG-white.avif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2127\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e90f62c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e90f62c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c682a2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0c682a2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f095111 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f095111\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">KIWI<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5990b83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5990b83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Indications are that the kiwi population on our property in the\u00a0<a class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forestlifeforce.org.nz\/maungataniwha-native\" target=\"_self\">Maungataniwha Native Forest<\/a>\u00a0is of regional significance. In 2005 trust members discovered a remnant kiwi population, unusual as the property had no history of pest control.\u00a0<a class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forestlifeforce.org.nz\/the-trustees\" target=\"_self\">Pete Shaw<\/a>\u00a0consulted with\u00a0<a class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forestlifeforce.org.nz\/the-trustees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr John McLennan<\/a>, a leading kiwi scientist, and what eventuated was the Maungataniwha Kiwi Project.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Over the years the Maungataniwha Kiwi Project has carved out a name for itself as one of the most prolific and successful kiwi conservation initiatives in the country<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">The goals of the Maungataniwha Kiwi Project are twofold:<\/span><\/p><ul class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">secure and enhance the Kiwi population in the\u00a0<a class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forestlifeforce.org.nz\/maungataniwha-native\" target=\"_self\">Maungataniwha Native Forest<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">assist in the provision of Kiwi for the\u00a0<a class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forestlifeforce.org.nz\/kiwi-pohokura-project\" target=\"_self\">restocking of the Trust\u2019s Pohokura property\u00a0<\/a><\/span><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">and other carefully-selected kiwi conservation initiatives.<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Kiwi eggs are taken from Maungataniwha and incubated. The resulting chicks are then reared in safety at the Cape Sanctuary south of Napier, or at other locations, until they are large enough to defend themselves against stoats (at about 850 grams).<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">This process of taking eggs from the wild, to be incubated and raised in a controlled environment and then released back to the wild, is part of\u00a0<a class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kiwisforkiwi.org\/what-we-do\/how-were-saving-kiwi\/learn-more-about-operation-nest-egg\/how-it-works\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Operation Nest Egg<\/a>.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Not all kiwi taken from Maungataniwha as eggs make their way back to that forest. Some are released at Pohokura, Cape Sanctuary, Otanewainuku, the Whirinaki, the Kaweka Ranges and into captive breeding programmes.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Our work with kiwi could not happen without the help and investment from our conservation partners, particularly the Cape Sanctuary, the National Kiwi Hatchery and its funder Ngai Tahu, the Department of Conservation and Kiwis for kiwi, the only national charity dedicated to protecting kiwi.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50f5c9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"50f5c9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/TLZrmCM9UZo?si=ofj0Lj1GWHF1hSLG&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b29abee e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b29abee\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7382790 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7382790\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"comp-m3dgv0oq\" class=\"Z_l5lU ku3DBC zQ9jDz qvSjx3 Vq6kJx comp-m3dgv0oq wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><h2 class=\"font_2 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Our KIWI stats* at a glance<\/span><\/h2><\/div><div id=\"comp-m3dgvyz1\" class=\"Z_l5lU ku3DBC zQ9jDz qvSjx3 Vq6kJx comp-m3dgvyz1 wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><h4 class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">&#8217;24\/&#8217;25 breeding season<\/span><\/h4><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><strong><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">84<\/span><\/strong> viable eggs from <strong><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">43<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0monitored birds<\/p><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><strong><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">75<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0juveniles released into the wild:<\/p><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>\u00a0<span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">58<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0to Maungataniwha Native<\/p><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">17<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0to Pohokura<\/p><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><strong><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">13<\/span><\/strong> new birds transmitterised<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>\u00a0<span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">56<\/span><\/strong><\/span> paired males now transmitterised<\/p><h4 class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Since 2006<\/span><\/h4><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><strong><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">769<\/span><\/strong> juvenile kiwi released into the wild:<\/p><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>360<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\u00a0to Maungataniwha Native<\/p><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>310<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to Pohokura<\/p><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">99<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0to other conservation initiatives<\/p><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><strong><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">91<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0record releases in a season (&#8217;21\/&#8217;22)<\/p><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><strong><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">1\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>kiwi population (Maungataniwha Native Forest) deemed \u2018viable subject to ongoing predator control\u2019 for the next three decades<\/p><\/div><div id=\"comp-m3dhkb5n\" class=\"Z_l5lU ku3DBC zQ9jDz qvSjx3 Vq6kJx comp-m3dhkb5n wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><h6 class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">* monitored and recorded as part of Operation Nest Egg, as at 8 August 2025<\/span><\/h6><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KIWI Indications are that the kiwi population on our property in the\u00a0Maungataniwha Native Forest\u00a0is of regional significance. In 2005 trust members discovered a remnant kiwi population, unusual as the property had no history of pest control.\u00a0Pete Shaw\u00a0consulted with\u00a0Dr John McLennan, a leading kiwi scientist, and what eventuated was the Maungataniwha Kiwi Project. Over the years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"unboxed","site-sidebar-style":"unboxed","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"enabled","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2426","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saje.nz\/forest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saje.nz\/forest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saje.nz\/forest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saje.nz\/forest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saje.nz\/forest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2426"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/saje.nz\/forest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3326,"href":"https:\/\/saje.nz\/forest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2426\/revisions\/3326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saje.nz\/forest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}