Behind the hills of Wellington city, the Capital Kiwi Project's land spans more than 23,000 hectares. The project has a permit to release 250 birds in total. 139 have been released so far.

Some of my wild favourite characters in New Zealand are kiwis, they are the iconic image of the land and are a very distinctive and peculiar type of bird, but just how idiosyncratic and nutty they ...

Baby kiwi Manawa has been released into a nocturnal enclosure within Te Puia. The chick is the first from the Kiwi Conservation Centre in 15 years, born from a recently established pair.

The Capital Kiwi Project also noted in the post that the first egg of this season's second batch of chicks hatched last week. Project lead Paul Ward told RNZ it had been a "bumper season" in the ...

Cherry, Orange, Lemon, Kiwi, Berry, Indigo and Violet are happy, hilarious little chicks who live on Cloud Island. Come and join our lovely chicks as they play in the clouds while learning valuable ...

with Northland Regional Council kiwi handler Pete Graham before safely releasing kiwi chick Gerry. Photo / Malcolm Pullman A tiny kiwi suffering heatstroke was saved by two friends during a team ...