Story: Kiwi

Kiwi and children

Kiwi and children

Most New Zealanders who see kiwi do not do so in the wild, but at zoos or kiwi houses. These young Kiwi kids make the acquaintance of their namesake at the Greenmeadows Game Farm, near Napier, in 1965.

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Archives New Zealand – Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Reference: AAQT 6539/A78,977
Photograph by Gregory Riethmaier

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How to cite this page:

Jock Phillips, 'Kiwi - Life and death', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/10184/kiwi-and-children (accessed 21 April 2024)

Story by Jock Phillips, published 24 Sep 2007, reviewed & revised 15 May 2015