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

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Kotahi the Kiwi

Kotahi is our feisty independant female kiwi.

Released at Tawapou in 2021 by Tutukaka Landcare, Kotahi quickly made herself at home on a stunning gorgeous coastal headland above Horseshoe Bay on the Tutukaka Coast.

Kotahi has been fitted with a tiny radio tracking device which allows her to be monitored while she adapts to her new environment.

Photo: Kotahi at her release on April 11, 2021 by Tutukaka Landcare. Photo: Malcolm Pullman

Unlike some of our other monitored kiwi who often wander large distances, Kotahi has been quite settled at Horseshoe Bay. Occasionally she moves down to the beach or explores the other headland – but to date she has shown little interest in pairing up with a mate and seems quite content in her coastal paradise!

Will Kotahi find a mate? Or will she defend her territory and keep her prime location to herself..? 

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Five New Kiwi Released – February 2023

Tutukaka’s wild kiwi population has been enriched with a further five “taonga manu kiwi” – treasured kiwi – after two special events. One of the five kiwi released, was the 200th kiwi to graduate [Read More]

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