Media Release: Kiwi pukupuku take flight: first translocation of kiwi from Zealandia marks a new chapter for groundbreaking conservation effort Media Release: Kiwi pukupuku take flight: first translocation of kiwi from Zealandia marks a new chapter for groundbreaking conservation effort Samantha Bryant / Tuesday, 20 May 2025 0 426 Kiwi pukupuku / little spotted kiwi will move from Wellington ecosanctuary Zealandia to a new home in a historic first this May — a powerful symbol of success for urban wildlife restoration and species recovery. Read more
Love is in the air Love is in the air ZEALANDIA Ecosanctuary / Wednesday, 7 September 2022 0 1912 The sun is out, the puawānanga/clematis is blooming, and love is in the air -- amongst toutouwai, or North Island robins, that is. Read more
Successful use of intraspecific parental fostering in the management of an endemic threatened bird: New Zealand’s hihi (Notiomystis cincta) Successful use of intraspecific parental fostering in the management of an endemic threatened bird: New Zealand’s hihi (Notiomystis cincta) ZEALANDIA Ecosanctuary / Friday, 21 January 2022 0 2262 Zealandia conservation rangers report the use of a surrogate nest and induced fostering to successfully raise and release a wild hihi nestling at Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne. Read more