‘Very sweet milestone’: wild-born kiwi chicks are Wellington’s first in a century

Two kiwi have been born in Wellington, the first hatchlings in the capital in 100 years. Photograph: Dr Christine Stockum

Two kiwi chicks have been born in the wild around Wellington for the first time in more than 100 years, one year after the national bird was reintroduced to New Zealand’s capital.

The fluffy and flightless kiwi is one of the most vulnerable birds in New Zealand and conservationists believe it has been absent from the capital for generations.