WHLF launches Backyard Kiwi
Look out for our road signs in Whangarei Heads.
Whangarei Heads Landcare Forum are delighted to introduce Backyard Kiwi, a community conservation and awareness project.
Whangarei Heads is a unique environment and over the past 10 years with improved predator control the kiwi population has grown from just 80 in 2000 to more than 300 in 2010.
“Backyard kiwi” is the initiative of the Whangarei Heads Landcare Forum, a local Landcare group working to enhance the recovery of kiwi populations at the Whangarei Heads.
Willy Oxborrow putting up the new "backyard kiwi" sign
You will see signs at the Whangarei Heads turn off and around the Nook and Kauri Mountain reminding us that we are some of the very few in NZ who can see/hear kiwi without going to the zoo!
And watch out–that may be a kiwi on the road at night, not a possum!