New Zealand fights to save its flightless national bird

New Zealand's treasured kiwi birds are shuffling around Wellington's verdant hills for the first time in a century, after a drive to eliminate invasive predators from the capital's surrounds. The Department of Conservation estimates there are only around 70,000 wild kiwi left in New Zealand.

Despite the bird being a beloved national symbol, few New Zealanders have seen one in the wild.However, numbers are rising again thanks to more than 90 community initiatives working nationwide to protect them.One such group is The Capital Kiwi Project, a charitable trust backed by millions of dollars from government grants and private donations.