Community Engagement
Helping make Auckland’s backyards safer for native wildlife
The New Zealand wood pigeon is a large endemic bird also known in Te Reo Māori as the kererū, or kūkupa and kūku in Northland.
In Te Wao Nui, our sanctuary for native New Zealand species, we have three kererū in our Forest aviary - Rui, Rata and Tawa.
Watch our video with bird keeper Nat below, as she introduces our kererū and explains what is so special about them.