Credit: Tui De Roy - Roving Tortoise Photos
Rowi kiwi make tracks to new site
Thursday 2 September 2021After being brought back from the brink of extinction, the rowi kiwi has now been detected outside its Ōkārito forest sanctuary, at a new site 24km away at Whataroa.
A kiwi footprint has been detected by Department of Conservation rangers undertaking a vegetation survey on public conservation land at Ballyhooly bush, a remnant matai forest on lower Whataroa River flats, close to farmland.