Kiwi in the pines

摘要

HUGH STRINGLEMAN discovers an unlikely bond between Northland kiwi and forestry workers. Forestry workers might seem unlikely conservationists, but in Northland relocating kiwi is part of their job description. Our national bird can make its home in exotic plantations for the 25-plus years of the trees' existence, but eventually pines must come down. While most kiwi scarper when they hear the logging crews approach, others, particularly males sitting on eggs, stay holed up in their burrows as the forest topples around them.