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Atarau Sanctuary Blog

At Atarau Sanctuary we’re always excited to share what we’ve been finding out about our roroa / great spotted kiwi. This page has news about what’s happening with the kiwi and with our work. You can also follow us on the socials and subscribe to our newsletter for updates.
Laura and Beth

Monitoring our littlest roroa

Monitoring our littlest roroa. Bethany Brett and Laura Molles catching up to change some recorders, and for a health check on the littlest roroa at Willowbank Wildlife Reserve. Bethany checks
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laura putting up a recorder for bioacoustic monitoring

Cryptic species and how they are monitored

Cryptic species and how they are monitored in New Zealand Laura was recently featured in Issue 4 of 1964 magazine in an article about cryptic species and how they are
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Kiwi Chick

New Kiwi Chick!

We’re so excited to be able to welcome this little roroa to Atarau Sanctuary. Born at Willowbank Wildlife Reserve, they’ll be transferred to the creche when their weight and health
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Spectrogram

Dr Laura Molles features on CNN about bird dialects

Dr Laura Molles, the behavioural ecologist leading our passive acoustic monitoring project, was recently featured on CNN talking about bird dialects.
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