Rescue mission on for country's rarest kiwi species

15/10/2025 4 min
Rescue mission on for country's rarest kiwi species

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Episode Synopsis


A rescue mission of the country's rarest kiwi species is being rewarded. The rowi population in South Westland dropped to an estimated 160 birds in the 1990s. But there's been a lot of mahi to bring them back from the brink. Tess Brunton has more.