There was a mix up with tickets as the time we book didn't have enough spaces so we were moved to a slightly later tour and then when we arrived the booking hadn't been adjusted properly. They still let us join the tour so it wasn't an issue. We saw a baby Kiwi as well as a couple of larger ones. Very interesting tour.

The National Hatchery is doing a superb job increasing the number of kiwis in the wild. The tour wasn’t quite all I hoped it would be: we had a noisy childshouting throughout the tour which made it very hard to hear the guide properly - in fact the one where the lady was talking through a headphone and mic setup behind glass was pretty much unintelligible :( However, we hung around in the nocturnal room after everyone had gone and were rewarded by seeing some adult kiwis running around their enclosure! What absolutely amazing birds they are.

Es war sehr interessant,hinter die Kulissen von Kiwi Hatchery zu schauen. Leider konnten wir kein Kiwichick sehen - sie werden nur einmal am Tag herausgenommen. Kinder die an der Tour teilnahmen,langweilten sich, weil doch sehr viel Theorie dabei war.