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Stewart Island kiwi

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Stewart Island kiwi

The tokoeka, the Stewart Island brown kiwi, probes for sand hoppers on Ocean Beach, near The Neck. There are an estimated 20,000 tokoeka on Stewart Island.

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Carl Walrond, Stewart Island/Rakiura – Plants and animals, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/37623/stewart-island-kiwi (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 30 November 2012, updated 1 May 2015.