Kāpiti Kiwi

14/05/2026

Emma went for a hīkoi to the top of Maunganui when she was checking traplines a few weeks ago!

12/05/2026

Want to support bringing Kiwi back to Kāpiti? We now have a Givealittle page, and Forest and Bird 'donate a trap' page!

Any and all donations are greatly appreciated and will help us bring Kiwi to Kāpiti!

https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/getting-kiwi-to-kapiti

https://giveatrap.org.nz/groups/k%C4%81piti-kiwi

Raising funds to support our work in predator control/elimination in the Akatarawa forest with the goal of returning Kiwi!

16/04/2026

Kāpiti News wrote an incredible article after interviewing one of our founders - Emma and one of our amazing volunteers - Gary about our mahi and vision for getting Kiwi to Kāpiti!! So much work left to do, but so many passionate people supporting us! We couldn't do it without our volunteers, and are always looking for more 👀 please get in touch if you are keen to get involved!!

16/04/2026

Kapiti Family 4wd club continuing to be legends checking traps for us!!

20/03/2026

Wonderful news from down the road! KERP do incredible mahi and are an inspiration! Hopefully our mahi trapping in the forest helps these little birds thrive and move into the forest and up to Upper Hutt!!

17/03/2026

Another great night in the forest!

Another Club run last night into the Akatarawa Forest to check the trap lines we maintain for Kapiti Kiwi. 8 rats dispatched from the forest this trip. The aim is to see Kiwi back in the forest in a few short years and we are happy to help out with this awesome project.

10/02/2026

Had a great training and trapping day on Saturday! We are starting to make progress with trapping in the forest!

11/12/2025

Great work done by the New Zealand Army setting the traps for Kapiti Kiwi!

01/12/2025

Big weekend coming up for us! The will be coming to help us put some of the 100 DOC 200 traps out in the forest! We will still have a bunch to put out and monitor on the new year so if you'd like to have a chat about volunteering please reach out!!

This is a quick shot I took from a few weeks ago when we went out to check the trails and place some markers.

24/11/2025

Had an absolutely wonderful couple of days with talking so so many like-minded people who all share such ambition for conservation in New Zealand!

was an incredible MC who stunned everyone with the song she wrote for us all on the day 🤣