A BUMPER harvest of kiwi eggs has marked kiwi conservation work in the Maungataniwha Native Forest.
Conservationists working for the Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust, inland from Wairoa on the southern edge
of Te Urewera National Park, have lifted 32 eggs for incubation.
They are reporting viability rates of 80 percent as opposed to the normal rate of around 65 percent.
Trust staffer Barry Crene sai...
