Pirongia Te Aroaro o Kahu Restoration Society is gearing up for a momentous year in 2017 and it is all about kokako.

This native bird was recently voted Bird of the Year and if the Pirongia group’s plans are realized, they will be given the green light to re-establish t...

Our stand-out news has to be confirmation that bloodlines from kokako taken off Mt Pirongia in the 1990s are surviving today. One of the Pirongia males was part of successful captive breeding at Mt Bruce and the progeny was transferred to Kapiti Island and Tiritiri Mat...