Our Trip to the Kiwi Birdlife Park

Today we had a great visit to the Kiwi Birdlife Park.  We were lucky enough to see the two kiwi called Atar and Naioni feeding and moving around in the kiwi house.  After that we watched the show and learned some interesting facts about some New Zealand wildlife.  Some birds even flew right over our heads!  Thank you to Mrs Chisholm and Mrs Norman for coming on our trip with us.

Tylah and her Mum look at the big kiwi egg.

Ned and Hugo look at a stoat.  Stoats kill kiwi eggs and chicks.  

Watching the conservation show.

Did you know that ...

• A kiwi can live to be 50-60 years old.
• There are 30 million possum in New Zealand.
• The stoat is the worst predator of the kiwi.
• A kiwi can lay up to four eggs a year.  It takes 3 months to hatch.
• The size of the kiwi egg is like a human giving birth to a 3 or 4 year old child.
• A tuatara can live to be 100-200 years old.
• A tuatara is born with a third eye which closes over.
• If we plant lots of native trees, it helps our native birds to survive.
• The female kiwi is bigger than the male.

It was fun going on the bus.

We sit in the cafe and have a chat with Nicole.

A kakariki

Possums are pests and the best way that we can we can bring their numbers down is to buy products made with their fur.

A woodpigeon (keruru)

Some people were lucky enough to touch a tuatara.

Kiwi lay a very very big egg.