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Trapping stoats, rats and possums on the Tutukaka Coast to bring back the kiwi and other birds. Read all the stories here.

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Grey Faced Petrel

The grey-faced petrel is an-all dark oceanic seabird with a short but powerful deeply hooked beak. At sea, it is fast and graceful with a high soaring powerful flight on long narrow wings.

Grey-faced petrels breed around northern New Zealand, on islands as well as a few mainland headlands. The birds begin breeding in the middle of winter, but many chicks don’t fledge until the height of summer.

The grey-faced petrel is sometimes referred to as the northern muttonbird, and some iwi still exercise their rights to harvest the petrel chicks between mid-November and mid-December each year.

Grey-faced petrels are making a comeback on the Tutukaka Coast as the numbers of rats and other pests has decreased.

Read about the Tutukaka Coast Petrel Colony…

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Meri Kirihimete! Merry Christmas and Seasons Greetings! Our Tutukaka Kiwi are all keeping us on our toes with four more Kiwi gals to keep an eye on and Harry playing Houdini - here is an update on [Read More]

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