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Kiwi Reintroduction in Wellington Reaches Major Milestone After a Century-Long Absence

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The Capital Kiwi Project completed the permitted translocation of 250 kiwi into Wellington's hills, and wild kiwi chicks were discovered in 2023—the first known wild kiwi births near Wellington in at least 150 years—with the population now self-establishing for the first time in over 100 years.

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