Ngā Manu Huna – kiwi call broadcast.

Ngā Manu Huna: Live Broadcasts of Kiwi Calls

Ngā Manu Huna: Live Broadcasts of Kiwi Calls

This May and June, audiences around the world are invited to enter the nocturnal world of Aotearoa New Zealand’s kiwi. Ngā Manu Huna is a live, two-night broadcast transmitting the calls of North Island Brown Kiwi from a remote valley in Te Pēwhairangi.

The project brings together environmental sound, the maramataka (Māori lunar calendar), conservation science, and contemporary art, offering a rare real-time encounter with one of the world’s most distinctive and widely recognised endangered birds.

Ngā Manu Huna broadcasts take place in the first two hours of darkness of autumn’s new moons and align with Te Papa Atawhai | Department of Conservation’s annual kiwi call monitoring period.

The first 2026 livestream will take place on 17 May, 6:00–8:00pm NZST (UTC+12), weather dependent. A second broadcast is planned for 15 June. The project will return annually.

Learn more about the project, subscribe for updates, and listen live at www.ngamanuhuna.nz