Kiwi Birdlife Park’s planned new kiwi exhibit and incubation facility. Image: Kiwi BirdlifeStaff at Queenstown’s Kiwi Birdlife Park hope to relocate the park’s six kiwi to a new facility before their breeding season begins in August. The existing kiwi houses are near the site of the two projects, which are expected to be approved by the Environment Court later this year and take at least four years to complete. The existing kiwi houses, which were 32 years old, would be decommissioned rather than demolished, he said. As part of a national programme, the park releases all the kiwi it breeds into predator-controlled areas in the wild.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 23, 2018 15:56 UTC