- Conservation status
- In some trouble
Meet the little kiwi with a big voice. Kiwi pukupuku mark their territory and stay in contact with their mates by sending out calls. If you’re lucky, you might hear a duet between a pair as they call back and forth to each other.
Don’t be fooled by their cute, butter-wouldn't-melt appearance. Kiwi pukupuku are fiercely territorial and aren't afraid to get scrappy. They use their sharp claws to fight rivals and can leave a cloud of feathers on the ground.
Campaign Manager
Zealandia, Wellington City Council
Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne is super proud to be home to around 200 kiwi pukupuku little spotted kiwi, Aotearoa New Zealand’s second rarest kiwi. We love their feistiness, their piercing calls, their quirks, and their tenacity as a species that’s fought back from just 5 survivors. So, for the 20th anniversary of the Bird of the Year competition, Zealandia is working closely with a whole host of other groups and organisations to support a Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington-wide ‘Vote Kiwi’ campaign. The city is the Kiwi Capital of Aotearoa New Zealand, with both kiwi pukupuku at Zealandia and kiwi nui North Island brown kiwi now roaming the hills of Makara and Remutaka (and beyond). This is absolutely positively what conservation success looks like, New Zealand.
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