These news are very exciting for all Kiwi fans of New Zealand. For the first time in ten years (!) North Island Brown Kiwi was found in the Opuiaki Forest, which is located near Tauranga. In the DOC they think that the birds are even breeding! DOC ranger Lance Dew and his dog Jet (which was especially trained to track Kiwis) found a pair of brown Kiwis in the Opuiaki’s dense native bush after spending 9 hard nights following their scent. The found kiwis have been tagged with radio transmitters and from now on they will be monitored by the DOC.
These discovered kiwis are one of the signs that animal pest control in the Ouiaki Ecological Area is working, and probably not only kiwi will benefit from it, but also other endangered species of native plants and animals such as kokako kaka and others.

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