National Kiwi Hatchery: Witness World-class Kiwi Conservation Techniques

Experience world-class kiwi conservation techniques at the National Kiwi Hatchery. Witness the incubation, hatching, and rearing of kiwi chicks while supporting their conservation efforts.

Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • The National Kiwi Hatchery - The National Kiwi Hatchery is located at the Agrodome, Rotorua.

See conservation in action at one of the largest and most successful kiwi hatchery in the world!
The National Kiwi Hatchery is the national leader in kiwi husbandry, egg incubation systems, hatching techniques and kiwi chick rearing. When you join one of our experiences, you’ll get to see kiwi eggs being incubated, the hatching process and newly hatched kiwi chicks.

What's Included
  • Admission Ticket
  • 1 hour National Kiwi Hatchery guided experience
  • Interactive Kiwi Burrow
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information

See conservation in action at one of the largest and most successful kiwi hatcheries in the world!

The National Kiwi Hatchery is the national leader in kiwi husbandry, egg incubation systems, hatching techniques, and kiwi chick rearing. During your guided tour of the National Kiwi Hatchery, you’ll get to learn about New Zealand’s renowned kiwi conservation program, which has successfully hatched over 2,500 kiwi chicks. You’ll get to explore the interactive kiwi burrow, learn about egg incubation and hatching techniques, and see kiwi roam and forage in the Nocturnal House.

An educational, thought-provoking, and truly unique experience, you’ll get to see how we’re helping kiwi at the largest and most successful kiwi hatchery in the world.

Your ticket entry fee goes straight back to our kiwi hatching program.

Location
The National Kiwi Hatchery
Western Road
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Linda
Jun 13, 2024
Briwn Kiwua: from egg to hatching to newly born. Conservation efforts to save kiwi , the national bird of New Zealand - Amazing. Must see. Conservation efforts to save kiwis. All proceeds goes to this cause. Saw a 3 day old brown kiwi. Learned about the process from egg (father incubates eggs) to hatchling to going out on their own at 10 days. January and September are the hatching times and must have reservation at these times.
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Erin_s
Apr 17, 2024
Incredible and cute - Tour guide Harley was super passionate about teaching us about kiwis and why they’re so deeply treasured and protected. Overall, this tour was fun and informative!! A must-have experience
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Jet352
Mar 28, 2024
Very Cool! - So glad we got to visit and learn about these interesting birds, their predators, their protectors and see a hatchling.
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Teresa_h
Feb 5, 2024
Educational and fun - The tour gal was very good. She knew the kiwis well. I learned sooooooooo much more about kiwis. Very educational. Thank you Katie.
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Beckywest1992
Jan 28, 2024
Incredible experience - We had such an amazing visit. You’ll need to book in advance as places are limited. The tour takes you on a 5 minute minibus ride across the site (boosters provided for kids). Caitlin our guide was really fantastic, and great at answering the kids questions too (and very patient!). We saw three kiwi in their huge enclosures, as well as two babies having health checks and one under a heat lamp. The gift shop was great, some really lovely items. Highly recommend this tour, the children (age 2 1/2 and 7) both loved it
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Cathr354
Jan 27, 2024
Very informative - worth visiting - We hadn’t realised this experience is based on a farm which also has activities to entertain. Kiwi tour starts on minibus, our guide was very informative. We were shown around the different sections and very lucky to see 4 kiwis that had recently hatched
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Greg_l
Dec 20, 2023
Kiwi’s are AWESOME - A totally immersive experience. The guides were bubbling with enthusiasm, knowledge, and couldn’t have been any more helpful
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Cat_h
Feb 10, 2024
Kiwi birds will surprise you. They are angry birds 😂 - Such an interesting trip. We learned so much about Kiwi’s, and we’re really surprised that they are such angry little birds. Highlight was seeing 2 babies born the morning of our tour. The woman that did our tour was really knowledgeable, fun, and passionate about their cause. Only downside, I wish our tour had been longer, especially in the nocturnal house
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Sherpa801821
Dec 13, 2023
Find out about Kiwi - A great informative tour to teach us more about the Kiwi. We did this while we were staying in nearby Rotorua. Luckily we were able to see one Kiwi chick that had been born a few days earlier and later in the nocturnal area, an older chick, moving around in its enclosure. This is not cheap to visit, but the money goes to a good cause. I would recommend visiting here.
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Faraway45321270583
Nov 21, 2023
Not sure if I recommend! - Visited due to the great reviews but came away slightly disappointed. The tour was very rushed and kids found it hard to understand the Sri Lankan tour guide. We weren't given time to read all the information posters in the 'burrow' or take photos. This is a great concept and feel like they could do so much more - where you wait for your tour to start is a blank area yet you walk past a heap of information signs on the way to the tour start with no time to read them. We did get to see a baby kiwi getting a health check but the tour guide didn't tell us much about what was happening or why they were doing what they were doing.
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