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The kiwi, New Zealand’s ineffable nationalist bird, vanished from the hills astir Wellington much than a period ago. Now the capital's residents are waging an improbable national run to instrumentality the endangered flightless birds to the city.
“They are a portion of who we are and our consciousness of belonging here,” said Paul Ward, laminitis of the Capital Kiwi Project, a charitable trust. “But they’ve been gone from these hills for good implicit a period and we decided arsenic Wellingtonians that wasn’t right.”
On a elevation wreathed successful mist supra the acheronian oversea that runs betwixt New Zealand’s North and South Islands, Mr. Ward and others crossed rugged farmland precocious connected Tuesday (April 28, 2026) night, carrying 7 crates successful soundlessness by dim reddish torchlight. Inside each 1 nestled a kiwi, including the 250th vertebrate relocated to Wellington since the Capital Kiwi Project began.
