Manukura - the little white kiwi.

It's been a pretty exciting couple of days. Three weeks ago at the Pukaha Mount Bruce wildlife centre, the thirteenth kiwi chick of the season was hatched, and he's a little bit special. He's a North Island Brown Kiwi who just so happens to be white. His name is Manukura and he's not an Albino, he's just got pretty cool genes.

After a 19-hour working day on Sunday and a fair bit of running around and planning, the story will break today and be featured on tonights Close Up program (that's Tuesday 24 May) and in Wednesday's media. I had a 5 minute session with Manukura for photos and then 10 minutes to shoot video. A very busy 15 minutes with the little guy, but very cool.

If you get the chance, get to Mount Bruce before the end of May as he'll likely be able to be seen in the Kiwi House. It's definitely worth the drive.

The only good Ferret is a dead Ferret

Sad news reported in the DominionPost this morning, that eight of the thirty Little Brown Kiwi relocated to Pukaha Mount Bruce earlier this year have been killed by a couple of Ferrets. I photographed the relocation in May and at the time there was much excitement about having so many of these great little critters roaming the hills up in the Northern Wairarapa. Fingers crossed the Ferret on the run, get's her just desserts sooner rather than later.