• Manaia Landcare

    Check out the full coverage of our latest project, community driven pest control in Manaia Ridge Scenic Reserve.

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  • Where are our kiwi?

    Follow what our monitored kiwi are up to with these monthly updates.

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  • Kiwi: The Real Story picturebook released

    Whangarei Heads Landcare Forum are delighted to introduce you to a stunning children's picture book inspired by our very own Backyard Kiwi. Check it out and buy your copy online!

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  • October Update of Monitored Kiwi

    Not only have our 6 monitored kiwi dads hatched 10 chicks between them already this season 3 of them have started on their second nests!

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  • Come and see a kiwi in your backyard!

    Kiwi Release - 19th January 2013, 4.00 pm 101 Robinson Rd, Taurikura, Whangarei Heads

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  • Backyard Kiwi features

    An Extraordinary Land - 12 great stories that explore the latest ideas, discoveries and thinking out there in wild New Zealand -- by Peter Hayden and Rod

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  • Backyard kiwi prints

    Help support Backyard Kiwi by buying a high quality print of Heather Hunt's original kiwi artwork

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  • Charlie Finds a Home

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  • Visitors to Whangarei Heads

    Thinking of visiting? Find out how you can be kiwi-safe.

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  • Tracking kiwi

    Find out how we keep track of Whangarei Heads kiwi in their natural habitat.

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  • WHLF to feature in a new book

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I heard a kiwi... from my backyard

Whangarei Heads has a lot more kiwi than you might think. Through this site we would like to introduce you to some of them, tell a few stories about how we're looking after them, and hear about your experiences with our favourite bird.