A group of Taranaki school children enjoying a crash course in kiwi tracking in Te Papakura o Taranaki, Egmont National Park, have been let in on a secret.
Five pairs of the national bird released onto Kaitake maunga in April are in the midst of a baby - or should that be chick - boom.
Taranaki Whanganui reporter Robin Martin joined them at Pukeiti.