Moehau Environment Group
New Zealand Ornithological Society
Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua
Forest and Bird
Have you seen a robin in the Moehau area? Fill out and return a robin report card (PDF, 293K).
Toutouwai or North Island robin have been returned to Moehau in the northern Coromandel Peninsula.
'Toutouwai - Robin's Return' is an ongoing project involving the Department of Conservation, Moehau Environment Group (MEG), iwi and the local community. The aim is to create a self-sustaining population of North Island robin and return the bird to part of their former home.
Over 100 birds have been released at two sites in the Moehau area, the first release of 70 birds taking place in 2009 and a further 31 in 2011. The founding population bred sucessfully in 2010 and in 2011 further juvenile birds were sighted including some parented by the 2010 offspring.
Monitoring will take place during the 2011/12 breeding season to see how the new arrivals have settled in and who is paired with who.
Where the birds have come from, the relocation and the release sites.
Keep track of the project through the monitoring work. Help out by downloading and completing a Robin report card. The team will add monitoring results to this page as they are completed.
Photos of the translocation process to date.
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the project and the North Island robin.
View factsheets that describe the project in detail including the predator control work and a history of the area.
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