Birds

Jack Rafiei visited the park recently and took this lovely recording of the korimako.

We love seeing Tāwharanui through the eyes of our visitors! This video was filmed mostly in the park yesterday, with one special kiwi moment from February. The dawn chorus makes the perfect soundtrack. Enjoy! 🎥 Video by Jack Rafiei

Kākā nest in holes in tree trunks which makes them vulnerable to predation from stoats and invasion from possums. Within Tāwharanui they are many of them flying over, they are heard well before they are seen due their loud squawking and whistling calls. They are also seen and heard in Read more…

The flightless takahē (South Island takahē; Porphyrio hochstetteri), is the world’s largest living rail. And now there is a double celebration for the takahē at Tāwharanui this summer. Firstly, we have a chick at the sanctuary that is doing very well and being cared for by very devoted parents. Secondly, the Read more…

TOSSI volunteers completed the four sessions of kiwi call counting for this year by the end of May 2023. The process is repeated at a large number of sites across Northland within the same period as part of a citizen science program run every year in May. The How – pairs Read more…

This year TOSSI celebrates 10 years of monitoring Pāteke at Tāwharanui – New Zealand’s rarest mainland waterfowl. A number of Pāteke were introduced between 2008 and 2010, and since then they have established on the park and spread out into Omaha and Christian Bay by 2014. So,10yrs ago in 2013, Read more…

In a major first for Tāwharanui, a pair of Cook’s petrels raised a chick that fledged in March 2021. It is thought that this success is the first on the mainland of Aotearoa in a long time, maybe more than 150 years.  In 2019, the mainland burrow was discovered by Read more…