Take a virtual field trip to the National Kiwi Hatchery on the North Island of New Zealand! It’s chick season, so it’ll be a happening place!
The National Kiwi Hatchery was launched in 2008 (as the National Kiwi Recovery Trust). Over the years the Hatchery has grown to become the largest and most successful kiwi hatching facility in the world, successfully incubating and hatching brown kiwi eggs from around the North Island. They receive eggs from 15 sanctuaries and reserves around the North Island and have hatched over 1850 eggs at the facility. Their work has helped the North Island population of the brown kiwi considerably and The National Kiwi Hatchery has also provided an ideal facility for the continuation of research into kiwi eggs and chicks.
