For their efforts, the Kings have received Ballance Farm Environment Awards which recognise sustainable land management. Supplied Pania King and Steve Sawyer at Motu's kiwi crecheREAD MORE:* Farmers keen for quinoa on Country Calendar* Securing the future with goats on Country Calendar* Seeing things from a horse's point of view on Country CalendarWhen they first came to Kiriroa Station, King immediately noticed the weka. "Supplied Kiriroa Station near GisborneThe Kings have 'retired' two hectares of their section to create a weka wetland. "In the old days they cut all the trees down for farming and so they took their habitat away," says King. Country Calendar, Sunday 28 April, TVNZ 1

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