Young Tuhuru waking up and
getting ready to start his night!
Atarau Sanctuary: working to protect Aotearoa’s native plants
and animals, starting with great spotted kiwi/roroa.
Explore our new roroa call visualisation tools!
You can have a look at where we detect different roroa in our Paparoa study area, and listen to different birds’ calls to hear their individually unique voices.
See what the kiwi have been up to!
Sneak a peek at their latest activities…
Fern and Tuke
Meet sanctuary graduates Tuke and Fern, who now live in the wild. More about Tuke and Fern…
Kawakawa and Kakaho
Kawakawa and Kakaho both lived in the sanctuary when they were small. They are now paired up and living in the wild. More about Kawakawa and Kakaho…
Ruby and Potter
Ruby is a former sanctuary resident who met a wild male, Potter, after she left the crèche. More about Ruby and Potter…
About Our Sanctuary
Atarau Sanctuary provides predator-free sanctuary for roroa raised through Paparoa Wildlife Trust’s Operation Nest Egg Program. Chicks are hatched at Willowbank Wildlife Reserve and then live in
the sanctuary until they are old enough to fend for themselves out in the ranges.
Bioacoustic Monitoring
While kiwi are in our care, we observe and listen
to them through passive bioacoustic monitoring
to learn as much as we can.
Have a question?
We love talking about kiwi! Read through our list of Questions & Answers, or Get in Touch with your own question.