Christmas presents for the Rainbow Springs Nature Park team came in the form of squidgy balls of fluff with large beaks.
Santa was kind to the kiwi conservation staff who were gifted not one, but two kiwi chicks this Christmas.
One chick from Maungataniwha hatched early on Christmas Day, and was followed on Boxing Day by a second from Tongariro.
A video of one of the Christmas kiwi being introduced shows the little native bird curled up in the hand of husbandry manager Emma Bean.
"This little chick has had a bit of a hard task ahead of it and it has managed to get out of its egg for Christmas Day," Bean said.