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Kokako - Bird of the Year

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...

Kokako update

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 kōkako project gets funding from regional council

Second generation of Kōkako breeding successfully on Mt Pirongia

Operations Coordinator

Mar 15, 20212 min read

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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Operations Coordinator

Aug 21, 20193 min read

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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Reviving the Call of the Kōkako wins National Biosecurity award

Operations Coordinator

Dec 12, 20182 min read

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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Pirongia Lineage Kokako returned to our maunga

Operations Coordinator

Jul 16, 20183 min read

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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First kōkako chicks banded on Mt Pirongia

Janet Leggett

Feb 26, 20182 min read

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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Operations Coordinator

Jun 28, 20171 min read

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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The National Green Ribbon Award for Biodiversity Protection is ours!

Operations Coordinator

Jun 9, 20172 min read

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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We're finalists in the 2017 Green Ribbon Awards for our Kokako work

Operations Coordinator

May 26, 20171 min read

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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Funding approved to start kokako translocation to Mt Pirongia

Waikato Regional Council news release

May 25, 20172 min read

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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Operations Coordinator

Mar 17, 20172 min read

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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Second generation of Kōkako breeding successfully on Mt Pirongia

Pirongia kōkako project gets funding from regional council

Reviving the Call of the Kōkako wins National Biosecurity award

Pirongia Lineage Kokako returned to our maunga

First kōkako chicks banded on Mt Pirongia

Kokako have returned to the maunga!

The National Green Ribbon Award for Biodiversity Protection is ours!

We're finalists in the 2017 Green Ribbon Awards for our Kokako work

Funding approved to start kokako translocation to Mt Pirongia

Kokako Concert a huge success!

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