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Ken Allen has been busy carrying out track maintenance in our 1000 ha pest control area. He has been hearing and seeing plenty of birds...
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Clare St Pierre
- Mar 15, 2021
- 2 min
Second generation of Kōkako breeding successfully on Mt Pirongia
The first banding of kōkako chicks at Pirongia Forest Park whose parents were also hatched on Pirongia took place in early January. The...
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Clare St Pierre
- Aug 21, 2019
- 3 min
Pirongia kōkako project gets funding from regional council
A grant for almost $300,000 has been given the green light by Waikato Regional Council for work aimed at ensuring the viability of the...
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Clare St Pierre
- Dec 12, 2018
- 2 min
Reviving the Call of the Kōkako wins National Biosecurity award
Waikato-based Pirongia Te Aroaro o Kahu Restoration Society has received a New Zealand Biosecurity Award for their efforts in restoring...
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Clare St Pierre
- Jul 16, 2018
- 3 min
Pirongia Lineage Kokako returned to our maunga
Kokako DNA came full circle on Saturday when 14 birds with genes originating from the last kokako from the Pirongia area were released on...
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Janet Leggett
- Feb 26, 2018
- 2 min
First kōkako chicks banded on Mt Pirongia
The plan to bring kōkako back to Pirongia mountain achieved another milestone on Sunday when three recently hatched chicks were banded...
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Clare St Pierre
- Jun 28, 2017
- 1 min
Kokako have returned to the maunga!
The Wildlife Act Authority was granted on 16th June for the capture of up to 40 kokako from the Waipapa Block in Pureora for release into...
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Clare St Pierre
- Jun 9, 2017
- 2 min
The National Green Ribbon Award for Biodiversity Protection is ours!
Pirongia Te Aroaro o Kahu Restoration Society won the Green Ribbon Award category for biodiversity protection at the award ceremony held...
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Clare St Pierre
- May 26, 2017
- 1 min
We're finalists in the 2017 Green Ribbon Awards for our Kokako work
Pirongia Te Aroaro o Kahu Restoration has been named a finalist in the 2017 Green Ribbon Awards for their biodiversity protection work...
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Waikato Regional Council news release
- May 25, 2017
- 2 min
Funding approved to start kokako translocation to Mt Pirongia
Our project aimed at restoring North Island kokako to the Pirongia Forest Park is being backed by a $110,000 grant from Waikato Regional...
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Clare St Pierre
- Mar 17, 2017
- 2 min
Kokako Concert a huge success!
Dame Malvina Major and several Waikato rising stars put on a song-filled evening for Kokako enthusiasts at our concert on March 5,...
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