New Zealand’s beloved kiwi makes comeback in capital after a century-long absence

Experts believe around 12 million kiwi once roamed New Zealand before humans arrived. Today, only about 70,000 remain, with ...
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Kiwi birds return to New Zealand’s capital after a century away

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The kiwi, New Zealand’s sacred national bird, vanished from the hills around Wellington more than a century ago. Now the capital’s residents are waging an improbable ...
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New Zealand's kiwi bird returns to Wellington hills after a century-long absence

A citizen campaign is returning New Zealand's flightless kiwi bird to the hills around the capital Wellington more than a century after Europeans – and the animals they introduced – decimated their ...
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Scientists open a million-year-old time capsule beneath New Zealand

Deep inside a cave, scientists uncovered fossils from 16 species, including a newfound kākāpō ancestor that may have been able to fly. These remains reveal that New Zealand’s ecosystems were ...