Kiwis for Kiwi

only a few hundred years ago, millions of kiwi roamed aotearoa. today new zealand is home to around 70,000 kiwi, and despite efforts that number drops by 2% every year. kiwis for kiwi is on a mission to turn that decline around. we partner with kiwi conservation projects all over new zealand with a long-term vision to increase the population by 2% every year and take our national icon from endangered to everywhere. we provide funding and support for many community-, whānau -, hapū- and iwi-led kiwi conservation groups that work to eradicate predators from the kiwi’s natural habitat. a significant proportion of kiwi live on private land and many of the groups we work with are volunteers, landowners or people who just love their communities, and who need funding to continue doing incredible work for kiwi conservation. in 2017 we launched a strategy to turn around that 2% decline called saving the kiwi. teams of specialist workers and dogs find kiwi in the wild and attach transmitters