{"id":12362,"date":"2023-12-02T02:57:58","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T02:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/02\/kiwi-birds-born-in-new-zealands-capital-for-first-time-in-over-a-century\/"},"modified":"2023-12-02T02:57:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T02:57:58","slug":"kiwi-birds-born-in-new-zealands-capital-for-first-time-in-over-a-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/02\/kiwi-birds-born-in-new-zealands-capital-for-first-time-in-over-a-century\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiwi birds born in New Zealand\u2019s capital for first time in over a century"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Conservationists have discovered two kiwi chicks in Wellington, the first wild births recorded for the bird<strong> <\/strong>in the New Zealand capital in over 150 years.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The two new chicks come just a year after the Capital Kiwi Project reintroduced the country\u2019s iconic national bird to the city of around 400,000 people.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Their birth in Makara, a suburb just 25 minutes from Wellington\u2019s city center, takes the local total to 65 North Island brown kiwi.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The brown kiwi is one of New Zealand\u2019s most common kiwi species, but according to New Zealand\u2019s Department of Conservation, the birds could be extinct in the wild within two generations without adequate conservation and support.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Another 18 brown kiwi chicks are expected to hatch as part of the Capital Kiwi Project, which hopes to restore a large-scale wild population of kiwi to New Zealand\u2019s capital. The project plans to use transmitters to monitor the two new kiwi chicks as well as any others that hatch.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The flightless birds, which once numbered around 12 million in New Zealand, have seen their population plummet to just 68,000, according to the Save the Kiwi charity. The charity is among approximately 90  Kiwi conservation  programs aiming to boost the population.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      In 1991, the New Zealand Department of Conservation launched the Kiwi Recovery Plan, which focused on predator control and community engagement.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      According to New Zealand\u2019s Department of Conservation, the country\u2019s kiwi population is declining at an average of 2% a year, mostly due to predators like stoats, cats, dogs and ferrets.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      95% of wild born kiwi in New Zealand are killed before they reach adulthood, according to Save the Kiwi.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Ward expressed optimism about the project, after the release of the 63 kiwi near Wellington last November which marked the first time in about a century that wild kiwi have lived in the area.  <\/p>\n\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conservationists have discovered two kiwi chicks in Wellington, the first wild births recorded for the bird in the New Zealand capital in over 150 years. The two new chicks come just a year after the Capital Kiwi Project reintroduced the country\u2019s iconic national bird to the city of around 400,000 people. 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