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Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC) Mod
Kia ora koutou (hello everyone)
Mānawatia a Matariki – Celebrate and acknowledge Matariki, the Māori New Year.
As the constellation of Matariki (the Pleiades) starts to rise again the Māori New Year begins.
The toroa chicks are much more adult-like now and will fledge in September, their parents will migrate to build up much needed body condition that they have lost over the 7 months of raising their chick and the other half of the toroa breeding population will arrive to start their 12 months of breeding.
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WYL and BOK and Āwheo at Plateau nest.
Āwheo means ‘halo’
Āwheo hatched on the 22nd of January 2026 and is now 166 days old (7th July), average fledging age is 240 days.
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Āwheo was weighed at 11am (7 July) he was over average weight at 10.4kg. This is a drop of 800g over the last 2 weeks as his weight gain will now level out. The average weight for day 166 is 10.1kg so he is doing well with regular feeds from both parents. He is one of the heaviest chicks out of the 39 chicks. The next weigh day will be the 21st of July.
Track the chick's weight: https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-a ... ks-weight/
Āwheo’s adult feathers have grown under the down which is moulting off fast now.
WYL’s GPS update: WYL has been in to feed Āwheo twice since last Tuesday, he has mainly been foraging in a northerly direction off the Otago coast but more recently headed further north off the Canterbury coast.
BOK’s GPS update: BOK has been back to feed Āwheo twice since last Tuesday’s update and may be back in again today. For the first time since being tracked this season, she has headed south towards the Sub-Antarctic Island, Maukahuka, the Auckland Islands (bottom left).