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rhamphotheca: White Kiwi Chick Hatches at Wildife Center (Dec. 18th, 2011) A second, rare, white Kiwi hatched on the morning of December 18 at Pukaha Mount Bruce National Willdlife Center. Like it’s sibling, Manukura, this little one has received a special and meaningful name — Mauriora, meaning ‘sustained life’. It hatched in the Wildlife Center’s nursery, where Manukura – the world’s first white kiwi hatched in captivity – came along in May. Eleven kiwi have hatched at the center so far this season and of the two kiwi eggs incubating in the nursery, one is from the same nest as Mauriora. Keepers are waiting to see what that brings… (read more: ZooBorns)     (photos: Mike Haydon and Pukaha Mount Bruce National Willdlife Center)
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rhamphotheca: White Kiwi Chick Hatches at Wildife Center (Dec. 18th, 2011) A second, rare, white Kiwi hatched on the morning of December 18 at Pukaha Mount Bruce National Willdlife Center. Like it’s sibling, Manukura, this little one has received a special and meaningful name — Mauriora, meaning ‘sustained life’. It hatched in the Wildlife Center’s nursery, where Manukura – the world’s first white kiwi hatched in captivity – came along in May. Eleven kiwi have hatched at the center so far this season and of the two kiwi eggs incubating in the nursery, one is from the same nest as Mauriora. Keepers are waiting to see what that brings… (read more: ZooBorns)     (photos: Mike Haydon and Pukaha Mount Bruce National Willdlife Center)
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rhamphotheca:

White Kiwi Chick Hatches at Wildife Center

(Dec. 18th, 2011)

A second, rare, white Kiwi hatched on the morning of December 18 at Pukaha Mount Bruce National Willdlife Center. Like it’s sibling, Manukura, this little one has received a special and meaningful name — Mauriora, meaning ‘sustained life’. It hatched in the Wildlife Center’s nursery, where Manukura – the world’s first white kiwi hatched in captivity – came along in May. Eleven kiwi have hatched at the center so far this season and of the two kiwi eggs incubating in the nursery, one is from the same nest as Mauriora. Keepers are waiting to see what that brings…

(read more: ZooBorns)    

(photos: Mike Haydon and Pukaha Mount Bruce National Willdlife Center)

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