THE MEET THE KIWI EXPERIENCE IS FREE with your ferry ticket.
We are excited to be working alongside Rotoroa Island Trust to share this very special experience to meet a Coromandel brown kiwi chick up close before its released on Rotoroa Island.
Rotoroa Island is a predator-free island sanctuary and acts as a creche for North Island Brown kiwi chicks from the Coromandel to thrive in the wild before being relocated around the country.
Explore this beautiful island sanctuary while you are here. Download a map and discover the island's native bush and sandy bays at your own pace. With 8km of walking tracks, historic buildings and an award winning museum exhibition to discover there is plenty to see and do here.
The opportunity for the public to meet a kiwi in person is an important part of Save the Kiwi's conservation programme - it's a chance to share why kiwi are so vulnerable, the huge effort required to look after our taonga species and how people can help make a difference. The bird's health is paramount and the kiwi handlers follow strict procedures set by Save the the Kiwi when handling chicks for this event.
Rotoroa Island's kiwi programme is in partnership with Save the Kiwi and the many people in the Coromandel community involved in kiwi conservation, you can learn more about it here.
