Animals

    ‘This animal has given us a sense of identity’: Iconic kiwi birds return to New Zealand’s capital
    03 May 2026

    The kiwi initiative is part of a quest to rid the island nation of introduced predators by the year 2050. 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 citizen campaign to return the endangered flightless birds to […]