Huakaʻi kūikawā: kōkua ka wahine i nā manu kiwi e lele

I kēia mahina, ua hoʻomaka kekahi mau kāne e hele ana i New Zealand i kahi ʻike huakaʻi hou a kūʻokoʻa e kōkua i ka poʻe mākaʻi e hōʻiliʻili a hoʻokuʻu hou i kekahi o nā kamaʻāina kaulana a kaulana loa o Aotearoa - ka manu kiwi.

Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka manawa huakaʻi hou e ka poʻe loea huakaʻi ma UK ma New Zealand In Depth me kā lākou mau hoa ma Auckland IDNZ a e ʻike mua ʻia e kahi mākaʻikaʻi i kēia kau ke puka mai nā moa kiwi.

Ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka Department of Conservation (DOC), ʻo ka ʻike huakaʻi hou a kūʻokoʻa e ʻike ai ʻo Jonathan lāua ʻo Marieke Greenwood e haʻalele me Auckland Seaplanes, lele mua i ka mokupuni ʻo Rotoroa e ʻohi i nā kiwi a lele i Motutapu e hoʻokuʻu iā lākou.

Na ka mokulele e lawe iā lākou i ka mokupuni ʻo Rotoroa e leʻaleʻa ana i nā hiʻohiʻona nani o ke kaikuono o Hauraki mai ke kaona ʻo Auckland ma o ka lua pele ʻo Rangitoto, ka muli loa o 50 ma ia wahi. Me ka ʻike i loko o ka lua pele ma mua o ka hoʻomau ʻana i ke kapakai o Waiheke a hiki i ka mokupuni ʻo Rotoroa.

Wahi a Marieke Greenwood; "I ko mākou lohe mua ʻana he hiki paha kēia, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke manaʻoʻiʻo. ʻAʻole i ʻike ka nui o nā poʻe New Zealand i kahi kiwi ma ka nahelehele, no laila, ʻo ka hoʻokokoke ʻana a kōkua i ke Keʻena ʻOihana Hoʻomalu i ka papahana he hanohano maoli a hoihoi loa.

ʻO ka papahana hoʻoneʻe ʻana he papahana hui ia i hana ʻia e Auckland Seaplanes, Auckland Zoo, Rotoroa Island a me ka Department of Conservation no ka pale ʻana i nā ʻano kiwi maoli ma o ka hoʻoneʻe ʻana i nā manu i ka wā ʻai mai Ianuali a Malaki.

Ua hoʻokuʻu mua ʻia nā kiwi i hoʻoneʻe ʻia ma kēia huakaʻi ma Rotoroa Island Sanctuary i kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei he 450 grams wale nō ko lākou kaumaha a ua ulu lākou i 1.6/2.5 kg a hiki iā lākou ke mālama iā lākou iho. No ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i ka gene-pool i kēia manawa ke lele ʻia nei lākou i ko lākou home hou, kahi ma hope o ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka Maori, hoʻokuʻu ʻia lākou i ka nahele.

"He wahi kupanaha ʻo New Zealand e huakaʻi a haʻaheo mākou iā mākou iho i ka ʻimi ʻana a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā ʻike pilikino maoli a me nā ʻike pilikino," i hoʻohui ʻia ʻo Paul Carberry, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i New Zealand In Depth. "ʻO kēia kahi hiʻohiʻona kahi i hiki ai i kā mākou hui ma ka honua ke hana i nā hana mana e hiki ai i ka Greenwood ke hoʻomaka i kēia huakaʻi kilokilo."

Manaʻolana ʻia ʻo kēia huakaʻi ka mua o nā mea he nui e kākoʻo i ka papahana hoʻoneʻe kiwi ma o ka hui huakaʻi New Zealand In Depth i ko lākou hana pū ʻana me Auckland Seaplanes a me DOC e hoʻomau i kāna kākoʻo ʻana i ka papahana.

Ua hoʻohui ʻo Paul Carberry, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i New Zealand In Depth: “Ua hui pū kēia ʻike hou i kekahi mau hana ʻē aʻe ma ka ʻāina e hui pū ai i ka huakaʻi a me ka mālama ʻana, kahi mea a mākou e haʻaheo ai i ka loea. a i ʻole ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻano ʻano ʻōiwi ʻole ma Okarito - he nui nā manawa kūpono e kākoʻo a komo pū me ka mālama mālama ʻana o New Zealand.

Kākoʻo pū ʻo New Zealand In Depth, me nā haʻawina maʻamau, Eco Farewell Spit, Okarito Nurseries, WJet a me kāna papahana stoat trapping a me Kaikoura Wildlife Center.