Māori believed the Sacred Kingfisher/Kāreke could foretell the future. If someone heard the Kāreke cry to their left, bad luck lay ahead; if they heard the cry on the right, it brought good luck.
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SIWH AGM
When: Tuesday 22nd October 7pm
Venue: Tuatara Structures, 10B Abros Place, Burnside, Christchurch
Waitā and Whetū in their Mohawk phase. These little blues have grown up and are looking close to release. When the time is right, the two kororā will return to Kaikōura to rejoin the dwindling population that they came from.
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So beautiful. Thank you for caring for these taonga x
Can’t wait for their release at home.. thanks for getting them ready and saving their lives 💙
Oh my goodness they have grown up! 💙🐧🐧💙 So gorgeous!
Thank you for the wonderful mahi to care for and rear these two - looking forward to their return 🙏
Oh we need to boost their population somehow. Thank you for your mahi
Gorgeous! Farewell you two.
Are those the Fairy Penguins?
God Bless And Protect Your Return Waita And Whetu!
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Teija Simola
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We are mere weeks away from our next fundraising quiz night in Christchurch. Grab your work besties, your whānau, your sports team, or anyone you can, and book a table of 4-6 people for Wednesday 10th September. As always, there will be a raffle on the night running alongside the quiz for prizes.
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Sue Flynn we should book? Xx
As a not-for-profit, we cannot function without the ongoing and generous support of individuals and organisations gifting us physical and financial support. The hospital is pleased to welcome on-board the Yondi Foundation as a Platinum Sponsor, with their dedication to support our goals over the next three years.
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South Island Wildlife Hospital Hi is the hospital needing volunteers? I love animals and have had experience volunteering at the SPCA. I also have experience with raising two baby birds that I rescue as nestings after theur parents abandoned them. I would love to help at the bird hospital.
Fantastic news, good stuff Yondi
Great news and thank you for your very important work!
Waitā and Whetū are starting to look a little less like chicks and are showing some of the characteristic features of adult little blue penguins. These two kororā have been with us for rearing after monitoring of their nest showed a loss of parent and a high risk of failed rearing in situ. Project WellBird - Kaikōura Wildlife Hospital facilitated transfer to us, and we have been assisting their g ... See MoreSee Less
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Great photo! I can't get my dog to look at the camera!! 😃
What a gorgeous photo! Good luck for their future life.
Adorable!
Wow such great results for these two… what a beautiful dedicated team of carers we have in NZ. Hopefully the remaining( parent) was able to recover it’s strength and go on and live a great penquin life.
Beautiful.!!
Carol :P
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We regularly receive starving seabirds at the hospital, especially juvenile shags, both spotted and pied. These birds arrive thin or emaciated, and are often noticed on the coast by people because they don't fly away when approached or appear sluggish. Sadly, these already compromised birds often fall foul to off-lead dogs, such as with this kawau tikitiki, which arrived with a bite wound on the n ... See MoreSee Less
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Just donated. Good work.
I agree. Too many dogs on beaches, no leads. That's why people take their dogs there. But time has come to say no dogs off leads, mo vehicles on foreshores, riverbeds and instant fines and Rangers enforcing and policing
Look who got released back to the wild!
'Benny' made headlines in the national papers after being found with a blow dart in their neck. Risky surgery performed by vet Micah treated damage to the windpipe and surrounding soft tissues. The dart had penetrated the black swan's windpipe and was partially blocking the airway. Essentially, the kakīānau was having to breathe around it to survive.
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Thankyou
Fabulous to see. Thanks everyone for helping Benny! ♥️
Glad he is ok ❤️
Awesome go Benny good stuff
Love to put a few dollars your way
Wonderful news. 😊
I love this! ♥️
That’s so fantastic to read. Fantastic work everyone involved 👏
Amazing work. It gives us animal lovers a real lift. Thank you.
What beautiful work! We so very much appreciate what you guys did for this guy, early on a Saturday evening when you all could be at home, making dinner, maybe getting ready to go out, you instead are spending your free time caring for all the beautiful wildlife! Without you it would have been such a different outcome for this beautiful swan. Thankyou for allowing us into your space and taking such care of this guy! Wonderful! 😌
Fantastic!! Congratulations! And thank you so much for saving Benny 💗
Wonderful outcome ❤
Has he found his mate?
Brilliant 👏 👏 👏
Great news
Animals have it hard enough these days let alone having to survive this kind of crap from some low life. The only thing on the increase these days seems yo be violence. Thank goodness for decent folk, animal lovers, kindness and a skilled vet.
Nice to see him looking well again.
Great effort on all taking part. What about the bas…d who shot him? ❤️
I hand reared two of these beauties and called them Sooty and Sweep. Beautiful.
Ryan Foster
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'Benny' arrived at the hospital a few days ago after being spotted with a blow dart in their neck. Thanks to the efforts of multiple people Lil Quacks Refuge. ks Refuge. , they were able to be caught after days of attempts and transported to us for treatment. This is the second blow dart injury we've treated in a year. Although legal to obtain through sellers, they are designed for much smaller pr ... See MoreSee Less
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Thank you so much for everything you are doing for Benny, and all the other birds in need!! We appreciate you and are fighting for stronger laws 💪 ❤️ Danette and the AJP team 🐦 👏
Thank you, can't understand why anyone would do this, obviously have got some issues, glad he has been rescued and getting the care he needs.
Will donate. Thx all involved.
Do you notify the police when you receive animals harmed by humans, or SPCA. Keeping data on this is important. Human activities, deliberate or non deliberate would be useful to know
I too can't understand why people do this to animals 😡 Thank you for the care given 🙏
There’s something sad bordering on psychotic of anyone who would do this. B
Will his mate be ok while hes recovering? I keep thinking about her and her grief thinking hes gone forever 🥺
So many cruel aholes in this country
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Patient update: The ruru with the broken right wing has had its pin removed and is now out in the flight aviary. This photo shows the morepork up in the rafters, a good sign that it is able to fly and get a good lift. Once satisfied that feathers and flight are in good state, it will be ready for release. #Ruru #morepork #birdofprey #nzbirds #birdsofaotearoa #wildliferehab #wildlifehealth #wildlif ... See MoreSee Less
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Oh how cute is he!!
Beautiful and lucky to be so cared for x
They are so sooo cute 😍
Wonderful 🥰
Thank you to all those in the chain from injured bird to recovery. Wishing this beautiful creature all the best, and that all whose who met it on the way have been heartened with this result. It is hard to fins appropriate words other than Thank You!
Great work.
That's wonderful 👍😊
Thanks team, these guys really are a treasure. Lil cuties. ☺️
So cute 😍
Aww, well done! Hope the ruru does well.
That’s great . Surely the owl is an he or a she and not an “it “
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A few weeks ago, we received a couple of kororā chicks through Project WellBird - Kaikōura Wildlife Hospital . Monitoring of their nest site in situ suggested only one parent tending to the nest, leaving the chicks exposed to the elements for hours, and resulting in reduced nutritional supply. Removing the chicks gives both the chicks the best chance of survival and will allow the remaining adult ... See MoreSee Less
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Great intervention for the chicks as well as the parent( having to do double duties with their feeding.
So lucky for those chicks to be where they are. 😊
Really hard times for korora , penguins are struggling these days. Just read 3 hioho caught in fishing activities. We appreciate your rescue but need to do more to protect them from human activities.
Wonderful work!
What about parent conveying the .species language ? How does that develop whilst in captivity ?
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