The Department of Conservation boat heads for Rona Island.
Vivian Shaw, of Doc, follows a signal with the directional aerial.
Neil Freer, of Doc, with a Haast tokoeka kiwi
A close up of a Haast tokoeka.
The kiwi are welcomed in a ceremony to the Orokonui Ecosanctuary on Saturday.
"It's like holding a new granddaughter": David Ellison, upoko of Kati Huirapa Runaka ki Puketeraki.
Robin Thomas from Doc releases a Haast tokoeka into a burrow at the Orokonui Ecosanctuary on Saturday.
A Haast tokoeka immediatly after its release.
Six Haast tokoeka, a rare species of kiwi, were translocated from an island in Fiordland to the Orokonui Ecosanctuary, near Waitati, this weekend.
Photos by Stephen Jaquiery; prints available from otagoimages.co.nz.
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