OUR ACHIEVEMENTS
Below are some of our latest Achievements. For more information regarding any of the work we do, please contact us.
-
Artificial incubation of kiwi was developed at the Ōtorohanga Kiwi House (ŌKH), and the first artificially bred Kiwi in New Zealand were hatched at the Ōtorohanga Kiwi House
-
We are a documentary and research base for New Zealand native animals, and ¼ of all the captive breeding programme for kiwi are held on site at any one time
-
We are the pre-release conditioning site for all Western Brown Kiwi in New Zealand
-
We have released 300 adult breeding kiwi to the wild over the past fifty years and bred 650 Pateke for release to the wild.
-
We were the first in the world to breed all three Kiwi species in captivity. Western Brown Kiwi, Little Spotted Kiwi, and the Great Spotted Kiwi
-
The thermal boxes for Operation Nest Egg kiwi egg transfer were designed at the ŌKH
-
Kaka, New Zealand Falcon, WhioBlue Duck, Tuatara and Mahoenui Giant Wētā have all been bred at the ŌKH
-
2.5M visitors have been through the park over the last fifty years
-
Best practice standards/husbandry manuals were developed at the ŌKH for weka, variable oyster catcher, and the Auckland and Campbell Islands Teal
