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Record kiwi chick season on predator-free peninsula

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Planet · about 1 min · DOC Media Team · Department of Conservation

Rangers counted more kiwi chicks this season than in any year since the predator fence went up.

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Rangers have recorded the highest number of kiwi chicks on the peninsula since predator control began.

The count follows sustained trapping effort by more than three hundred volunteers across eleven years.

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