We are currently looking at how we can help kiwi in our area and has part of this inquiry we travelled through to Tongaporutu on Thursday to see a wild kiwi having its transmitter battery changed. The weather was lovely but the kiwi decided it didn't want to come out of its burrow. Kris from the Taranaki Kiwi Trust and two of her colleagues spent the afternoon trying to persuade it out but it was to clever and used its extensive burrow and tunnels to elude them. We did manage to check out a big dead rat that had been caught in one of the roadside traps which was interesting. It was pretty gross but we were happy that the trap was doing its job. We also got very good at Eye Spy and Claude was crowned the king after correctly identifying our objects numerous times. Many thanks to Gail and all our parent helpers and Maxine for the yummy lollipops. We are all looking forward to a future visit with the cheeky kiwi and will let you know how we get on.
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