Region-wide Kiwi Call Survey

In 2022 Predator Free Hauraki Coromandel Community Trust (PFHCCT) began the first of a three-year kiwi monitoring programme through Jobs for Nature Funding under the Kiwi i te Kāinga project. 

The kiwi species in Hauraki-Coromandel is Coromandel Brown Kiwi (CBK), a distinct taxon of the North Island Brown Kiwi (Apteryx mantelli). In the past decade, there has been an increase in CBK attributed to kiwi-focused predator control measures. This monitoring programme examines areas beyond known kiwi habitats and areas with suspected kiwi absence. The objective is to provide insights into where population dispersal may have occurred, potentially revealing new CBK habitats and informing future management decisions in the Hauraki-Coromandel region.