After being brought back from the brink of extinction, the rowi kiwi has now been detected outside its Ōkārito forest sanctuary, at a new site 24km away at Whataroa.

A kiwi footprint has been detected by Department of Conservation rangers undertaking a vegetation survey on public conservation land at Ballyhooly bush, a remnant matai forest on lower Whataroa River flats, close to farmland.

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Published in the Grey Star and Otago Daily Times 26 August 2021