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March 2012

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DOC officer Paul Jansen releases a kiwi into the Turere Valley in Rimutaka Forest Park. Photo: Shaun Barnett/Black Robin Photography
Three places to spot New Zealand’s elusive feathered icon On my first trip to Stewart Island, I’d flown to Doughboy Bay from Invercargill and, within a few hours, seen a kiwi stomping around in the crown fern still in daylight. Rakiura kiwi are well known for their habit of diurnal wandering, the theory being that […]
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