While on his way to school yesterday, Logan Park High School year 13 student Charlie Milne, 17, was stopped in his tracks by a weka walking around the path. He stopped to admire it, and soon after to his surprise, a second weka popped out of the bushes — the pair then attempted to make themselves a third bird near the secondary school’s boiler shed. Two weka, thought to be a male and female, spotted wandering, and trying to mate, outside Logan Park High School yesterday. PHOTO: CHARLIE MILNEIn January 2025, another weka was reported wandering around people’s properties in North East Valley. Since then, there had been reported sightings all over North East Valley, and three broods of chicks seen last spring.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 27, 2026 16:37 UTC