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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

The first banding of kōkako chicks at Pirongia Forest Park whose parents were also hatched on Pirongia took place in early January. The...

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...

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...

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...

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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