Auckland Zoo has welcomed its first kiwi chick of the season.
The spring chick arrived about noon on Monday and weighed 357 grams.
The zoo shared pictures of the cute kiwi on Facebook yesterday.
The chick was born as part of BNZ Operation Nest Egg, an operation that collects kiwi eggs laid around the country and delivers them to incubation centres, where they hatch and are reared.
The kiwis born in incubation centres are taken to "kiwi creches" around the country until they are ready to be released back into the wild.
Operation Nest Egg birds have a 65 per cent chance of surviving to adulthood, while a wild-born chick has a 5 per cent chance.