Whangarei

17.89°C

Waitakere City

16.98°C

Manukau City

17.11°C

Papakura

24.46°C

Hauraki

17.26°C

Waikato

17.67°C

Matamata

18.46°C

Hamilton

17.51°C

Otorohanga

18.52°C

Rotorua

16.6°C

Taupo

15.44°C

Tauranga

19.27°C

Kawerau

18.6°C

Whakatane

19.64°C

Gisborne

15.51°C

New Plymouth

16.98°C

Stratford

8.97°C

Ruapehu

14°C

Wanganui

17°C

Palmerston North

16.41°C

Wairoa

19.19°C

Hastings

18.84°C

Napier

18.49°C

Masterton

15.49°C

Carterton

15.66°C

Porirua

15.99°C

Lower Hutt

16.45°C

Wellington

15.79°C

Tasman

9.35°C

Nelson

16.27°C

Marlborough

3.22°C

Kaikoura

15.48°C

Christchurch

12.59°C

Ashburton

12.52°C

Timaru

13.37°C

Waitaki

11.32°C

Waimate

13.08°C

Queenstown

12.38°C

Dunedin

14.33°C

Southland

9.98°C

Gore

11.31°C

Invercargill

12.06°C

Blenheim

14.73°C

Te Anau

27.35°C

Wanaka

11.17°C

Kaikoura

13.38°C

Stratford

13.54°C

Upper Hutt

15.9°C

Whangarei Native Bird Recovery Centre Thumbnail

About

The award-winning Whangarei Native Bird Recovery Centre Incorporated has cared for and treated thousands of birds since 1st August 1992, when it was first established.

Centre founders Robert and Robyn Webb, who have over 30 years’ experience working with native birds, manage and run the centre with the help of a small committee of volunteers.

The centre takes in all injured birds, both native and non-native, and where possible nurses the birds back to health for release into the wild. More than 60% of the birds that are brought into the centre are successfully released again.

A special part of the centre is the Bayer incubation unit and kiwi recovery pens. This facility is used to incubate eggs found in the wild and also as a recovery area for injured kiwi.

In the Whangarei area, dogs are the biggest cause of kiwi deaths and injuries, followed by motor vehicles. Many of these injured kiwi end up at the Whangarei Native Bird Recovery Centre.

 

The centre’s diverse operations include:

 

  • Rescuing, caring for and rehabilitating over 1200 birds each year.
     
  • Running education programmes for approximately 6000 school children who visit the centre each year.
     
  • Running birdlife education programmes in some of Northland’s more remote schools.
     
  • Lecturing groups of adults about the centre and its conservation work.
     
  • Fostering environmental consciousness in Northland’s communities.
     
  • Educating local landowners on wild birds and care of their habitat.
     
  • Helping save the kiwi by being part of the kiwi recovery programme in conjunction with the Department of Conservation
     
  • Ongoing care of birds which cannot be released due to permanent injuries. These form a valuable part of the breeding programme and education.
     
  • Providing advice on treatment of wild birds to other agencies such as veterinarians and zoos.
     
  • Incubating kiwi recovery programme eggs and rearing chicks until ready to be released into the wild.
     
  • Providing free access to the bird recovery centre for the public.
See

Whangarei Native Bird Recovery Centre

Free

Review (0)

Banner Ads

View

Location & Maps

Maunu, Northland 0179, New Zealand
Directions

Opening Hours

  • Monday - Thursday
    9:30am - 4pm
  • Sat & Sun
    Closed