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Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC) ModSharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC) Mod
Signal Station Trig is now 320km northeast of Pukekura. She has travelled over 485km since fledging on the 17th of September.
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Kia ora koutou (hello everyone)
Naming Update...
Many of the 2025 chicks have fledged now journeying up the coast of New Zealand while other are still due to leave the headland. They learn to feed, and to survive on the ocean, they will then cross the Pacific Ocean, Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa over 9000 kilometres to the Humboldt Current off the coast of Chile. They will continue their travels around the coasts of South America and returning via the Atlantic and Indian oceans to New Zealand once they are 4 to 7 years old. They journey many tens of thousands of kilometres before they return to the colony and start looking for a mate.
Te Poari a Pukekura, a joint trust made up of Te Rūnanga o Ōtākou members, Korako Karetai Trust, Dunedin City Council and DOC have gifted Signal Station Flat, the 2025 Royalcam chick, now a journeying juvenile the name Kaewa, meaning traveller/adventurer.
Kaewa, The 2025 Royalcam chick.
As Kaewa means to travel or roam it is appropriate as she is named while she is on her massive round the world journey. For pronunciation, click on the audio in Te Aka, Māori Dictionary. kaewa - Te Aka Māori Dictionary https://maoridictionary.co.nz/word/13712
Dzeltena josla ar iegravētu E55 tagad ir Kaewa pastāvīgā krāsu marķiera zīme. Piektdien, 1. augustā, viņa saņēma arī nerūsējošā tērauda joslu (R-65278) un ģeogrāfiskās atrašanās vietas sensoru uz pretējās kājas.Kaewa fledged on the 17th of September and has travelled over 500km in a mainly northeasterly direction toward Rēkohu/Chatham Islands.
A yellow band inscribed with E55 is now Kaewa's permanent colour marker. She also received a Stainless-Steel band (R-65278) and a Geo Location Sensor on the opposite leg on Friday 1st August.
Banding ensures that we will be able to recognise everyone in years to come and be able to collect lifespan and breeding success data. The Geolocation Sensor or GLS tag is cable tied to the stainless-steel band. When juveniles return in 4 to 9 years’ time data will be collected showing us where they were during the 2 and 3rd years of their travels which is a period of their lives that very little is known about. Twenty chicks, including the Royalcam chick, from this season’s cohort have GLS tags courtesy of the DOC Marine Team.
Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC) ModSharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC) Mod
Kaewa has now travelled over 700km since fledging. She is still in New Zealand waters and has yet to pass the Chatham Islands.
Šodien tika redzēts Top Flat cālīša tētis. Tas varēja būt viņš.Top Flat chicks dad was seen today. This could have been him.
Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC)Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC)
Many of the 2025 chicks have fledged now journeying up the coast of New Zealand while other are still due to leave the headland. They learn to feed, and to survive on the ocean, they will then cross the Pacific Ocean, Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa over 9000 kilometres to the Humboldt Current off the coast of Chile. They will continue their travels around the coasts of South America and returning via the Atlantic and Indian oceans to New Zealand once they are 4 to 7 years old. They journey many tens of thousands of kilometres before they return to the colony and start looking for a mate.
Te Poari a Pukekura, a joint trust made up of Te Rūnanga o Ōtākou members, Korako Karetai Trust, Dunedin City Council and DOC have gifted Signal Station Flat, the 2025 Royalcam chick, now a journeying juvenile the name Kaewa, meaning traveller/adventurer.
Kaewa, The 2025 Royalcam chick.
Kaewa fledged on the 17th of September and has travelled well over 500km in a mainly northeasterly direction up the eastern coast of New Zealand. She still has a long way to go compared to the first chick to fledge on the 2nd of September and is now most of the way across the Pacific Ocean.
Kaewa means to travel or roam and is appropriate as she is named while she is on her massive round the world journey.
Past Royalcam families news.
Read more about the Royalcam families here: Meet the Royal family: https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-a ... al-family/
Tūmanako, who fledged in 2017, returned at the end of 2021 and has been ‘keeping company’ with a 7-year-old female (i.e. serious about breeding). As they will be first time breeders we cannot be sure that they will breed this season, but so far, the signs are looking good.
Tūmanako’s father, BK has also been sighted as a 2025/26 returnee as has ROY, who persistently fed another pairs chick during 2024. Tūmanako, BK and ROY are all well out of range of the Royalcam cable.