About the kiwi

Aotearoa used to be home to millions of kiwi. Today a fraction remains. The ngahere (forest), once loud with birdsong, is falling silent.

However, New Zealanders are known all over the world as Kiwis … ironic because most people have never seen our namesake in the wild.

In areas where communities, volunteers and organisations are carrying out intensive predator control, the rate of decline is slowing - some kiwi populations are even increasing. But much of Aotearoa’s forest remains unmanaged and kiwi remain at significant risk due to predators.

We must become kaitiaki (guardians) of te taiao (the environment) and work together to return kiwi to every corner of New Zealand.