Te Puia is welcoming a brown kiwi pair on Friday. Photo / NZMEA second breeding pair of North Island brown kiwi will be welcomed to the Te Puia breeding enclosure, bringing the total number of kiwi on-site to seven. The new pair – Raukura and Zephyr – will arrive on Friday from Kiwi North in Whangarei, and will join Kahu and Awhi, another recently established breeding pair. Te Puia kiwi conservation centre manager Tracy Johnson said she was delighted to welcome Raukura and Zephyr. Te Puia's kiwi conservation centre opened at the end of 2019, offering manuhiri (visitors) an up-close-and-personal viewing and educational experience.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 20, 2021 01:41 UTC