Jenny-May Clarkson helps release young kiwi into sanctuary

March 29, 2022

Watch kiwi Parakuihi leaving his nest for Maungatautari Mountain in Waikato. (Source: Breakfast)

A six-week-old kiwi has been released into its new home at Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari in Waikato.

The kiwi, named Parakuihi, was live streamed hatching from its shell in Taupō on Breakfast last month.

Viewers have the chance to name the newly-hatched bird. (Source: Breakfast)

On Friday it was released into the sanctuary.

Save the Kiwi NZ and the Crombie Lockwood Kiwi Burrow helped house Parakuihi for the past six weeks before he was released.

Parakuihi the kiwi released at Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari in Waikato

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