Kiwi: they're popular

Pretty chuffed after photographing not one but thirty Little Brown Kiwi which were flown from Little Barrier Island to Masterton by the Air Force and relocated to the Mount Bruce Sanctuary today. It was part of a huge operation between DOC, Pukaha Mount Bruce, RNZAF, dozens of volunteers and plenty of others working behind the scenes. I ditched the camera to help lug one up to it's new home in the bush - definitely a privilege to be so close to so many of these very cool little critters.