Taranaki Kiwi Reserve

Taranaki Kiwi Reserve

Restoring New Zealand wildlife's habitat one tree at a time
Sanctuary of the New Zealand Kiwi

A place where Kiwi can live and raise their young in peace and safety

About Taranaki Kiwi Reserve

Taranaki Kiwi Reserve is made up of five connected sections of land with a total land area of approximately 4000 arces (16 sq km). The reserve shares a boundary with DOC which is the start of the Matemateaonga range. It also also shares a boundary with the Tree Restoration Trust, and another boundary with the Waitiri Conservation Area.

The Team

We are just a regular family with normal jobs in the city. We just choose to spend our income and spare time on giving back to nature and New Zealand's native wildlife.

Vision

Our vision for the reserve is to retire the land completely from farming and plant the whole property out in natives, making it a sanctuary for kiwi and other native birds.

Dedication

Since purchasing these sections of land, we have spent countless hours planting new native trees and creating as well as checking predator trap lines.

Our Wildlife

FLORA in the reserve

Taranaki Kiwi Reserve has a large range of native plants ranging from Rimu and Rata all the way down to rare Orchids. We continue to plant new native trees and plants to restore the land to how it was pre-farming. We have started with the most erosion prone areas of the reserve and will try to continue our work until we can cover the reserve in a lush native forest in which the wildlife of New Zealand can find a hospitable habitat to thrive in.

Kiwi Conservation

Without intervention wild kiwi chicks only have a 5% chance of surviving before they become an adult. This is because of introduced pests such as stoats and wild cats. In order to counteract this we spend our weekends maintaining trap lines of over 100 traps. These consist of cage traps, DOC200, Steve Allen cat traps, and around 20 A24 traps.

In 2020 we became a part of “Operation Nest Egg”, allowing some of our Kiwi to be caught, tagged and monitored in order to gather eggs for the kōhanga sites.

Time spent amongst trees is never wasted time.

Katrina Mayer

A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.

Chinese proverb

People who will not sustain trees will soon live in a world that will not sustain people.

Bryce Nelson

Contribute

Would you or your business like to help? There are various ways to help us, from sponsoring traps to donating trees. Please contact us to discuss how you can help protect our environment and wildlife.

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