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Fiordland Kiwi Diaries: Checking on this year’s chicks

Department of Conservation —  29/11/2017

A week or so after our last trip, we follow the southern Fiordland tokoeka through our first monitored breeding season.

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Fiordland Kiwi Diaries: The first kiwi chick!

Department of Conservation —  05/11/2017

It’s been a busy winter at Shy Lake as we follow the southern Fiordland tokoeka through our first monitored breeding season.

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Fiordland kiwi diaries: The Shy Lake housing crisis

Department of Conservation —  18/09/2017

Our first job for the new kiwi project at Shy Lake was to get radio transmitters on enough adults that we could hope for a worthwhile sample this year in terms of survival monitoring.

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Fiordland kiwi diaries: Catching the mysterious tokoeka

Department of Conservation —  05/09/2017

Having chosen a site that would work for our study, we need to catch some adult kiwi and attach radio transmitters to their legs.

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Photo of the week: A new home for whio

Department of Conservation —  13/01/2016

Today’s photo of the week is a whio starting the journey to a new home in Mount Aspiring National Park.

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