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"The national bird, the kiwi, has hatched eggs in the wild in the Wellington area for the first time in living memory, thanks to a multiyear conservation effort."
The national bird, the kiwi, has hatched eggs in the wild in the Wellington area for the first time in living memory, thanks to a multiyear conservation effort.
Capital Kiwi project clearing stoats from 24k hectares around Wellington for iconic bird Newshub 13/01/2021 Alexa Cook © Image - Getty; Video - Newshub The Capital Kiwi project is clearing stoats from nearly 24,000 hectares of land around Wellington to make way for our iconic bird. Kiwi are being released into the hills around Wellington this year. It's part of a huge project called Capital Kiwi that's clearing stoats from nearly 24,000ha of land to make way for the iconic bird. The site stretches from Porirua down to the bottom of the North Island. Kiwi contractor Pete...