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Meet a kiwi at Wellington Zoo
12 February 2007
Visitors to Wellington Zoo can now be guaranteed to see kiwi up close every day.
At 1.15pm each day, Tahi the one-legged kiwi, will be in a specially built encounter area at the entrance of Te Ao Maahina, The Twilight - Wellington Zoo's nocturnal house. He will be accompanied by a Guide who will be there to answer questions. Once visitors have paid their admission to the Zoo, there is no extra charge to see Tahi. Tahi is a great advocate for his species. He lost his leg after it was caught in a hunting trap in the bush. Despite best efforts, vets were unable to save it, so his leg was amputated just below the knee joint. Tahi's is a very important story that we need to tell. Tahi is living proof of the damage human kiwis can do to kiwi, our national bird. However, he is strong, healthy and perfectly capable of getting around on his one leg. Tahi is a North Island brown kiwi of which there are approximately 30,000 in New Zealand. North Island brown kiwis are in serious decline.
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