Conservationists have discovered two kiwi chicks in Wellington, the first wild births recorded for the bird in the New Zealand capital in over 150 years.. The two new chicks come just a year after ...

A member of the Capital Kiwi Project team changes the transmitter on a male kiwi in Wellington, New Zealand, on April 12, 2023. Mitre 10 pulled a kiwi dog toy following backlash from conservationists.

Haitana, who was at the kiwi’s naming celebration in 2019, told New Zealand outlet RNZ he was concerned over the zoo’s treatment of the national bird. “It’s our signature,” Haitana said.

The Department of Conservation estimates there are only around 70,000 wild kiwi left in New Zealand. Despite the bird being a beloved national symbol, few New Zealanders have seen one in the wild.

Asked about Paora’s treatment Tuesday, New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins told reporters that he thought it showed his compatriots “show a lot of pride in our national bird when they ...

The national bird, the kiwi, ... the kiwi became New Zealand’s most recognizable animal. To protect the birds, Capital Kiwi laid almost 5,000 predator traps across Mākara, ...

Rowi are the rarest species of kiwi bird and they are an incredibly endangered species. New Zealand Department of Conservation Most rowi kiwi live in the Ōkārito forest, a kiwi sanctuary area ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Comedian John Oliver has succeeded in his campaign to have what he describes as a weird, puking bird with a colorful mullet win New Zealand’s Bird of the Century contest.

The footage sparked outcry among New Zealanders at home and abroad, who say the Kiwi, New Zealand's national bird, is being mistreated. Paōra was the first kiwi to hatch in Florida in 2019.

Shy and retiring by nature, with a preference for solitude and the dark, few would describe Paora, 4, as a natural diplomat. Yet this Miami-based kiwi — one of about 60 of the flightless birds ...

Hong Kong (CNN) — Conservationists have discovered two kiwi chicks in Wellington, the first wild births recorded for the bird in the New Zealand capital in over 150 years.