T shirts for Kiwis

Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 9, Issue 418, 24 December 1991, Page 2

T shirts for Kiwis

The Kiwi Recovery Programme partners have released a T-shirt which people can buy to contribute to the fight to save New Zealand's national bird. The T-shirts feature the Kiwi Recovery Programme's logo on the front and are made in New Zealand from unbleached cotton. They come with a booklet about the kiwi and the Recovery Programme. Proceeds from the $26 price tab will go into the Programme fund. The packages can be ordered by picking up a

special T-shirt pamphlet at any Bank of New Zealand branch and from the Wellington head offices of the other two partners in the Recovery Programme, the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society and the Department of Conservation. The Sponsorship Marketing Manager at the Bank of New Zealand, Megan Dawson, said the T-shirts were released in time for Christmas in the hope that they would be given as gifts. "We thought this was

a personal way in which people could help save the kiwi. This unique bird needs the support of all New Zealanders if it is to survive," said Ms Dawson. The five-year programme is now well into its first stage of research. The first results, from surveys in two regions, will be released shortly. Work is also being undertaken to save the most threatened species, the littlc spotted kiwi, from extinction; and to educate dogowners of the risk to kiwi from stray dogs.