Thanks to you, some very lucky rowi kiwis from Okarito

now have a beautiful new home on Blumine Island,

a place very close to our heart...

 

Our dream was realised this week when three pairs

of unproductive rowi kiwi, the rarest of New Zealand’s

kiwi species, were released onto Blumine Island in an

effort to encourage breeding.

 

It was back in 2000 when Untouched WorldTM approached

the Department Of Conservation with the idea of facilitating

a programme to make Blumine Island predator-free and

enable the rehabilitation of endangered species.

Ten years on, the Untouched WorldTM Charitable Trust

has made this a reality.

 

Unique youth leadership programmes developed and run by the

trust (and funded by the company from the purchases you make)

have given students the opportunity to get involved in the

ecological restoration of Blumine Island, and ultimately

make this kiwi transfer possible.

 

So thanks...
To you our customers, our company and Charitable Trust board

and executive, and especially to all the inspirational students

and teachers that have enabled this incredible milestone to take place.

We also thank our valued Charitable Trust partners.*

 

*The Department of Conservation and Canterbury University have partnered with the

Untouched WorldTM Charitable Trust over the past decade to run the youth leadership programmes

and help achieve predator-free status on Blumine Island; and BNZ and the Department of Conservation

partner with the Untouched WorldTM Charitable Trust for the Okarito rowi youth leadership programme

on the West Coast where these precious rowi kiwi have come from