Whangārei bird rescue founders fined by DoC after social media post reveals member of public holding a kiwiSarah CurtisMultimedia Journalist·Northern Advocate·22 Jun, 2026 05:05 PM4 mins to readRobert Webb with a 5-day-old kiwi chick at the Whangārei Native Bird Recovery Centre in 2019. Robert Webb with a 5-day-old kiwi chick at the Whangārei Native Bird Recovery Centre in 2019. For 34 years, Robert and Robyn Webb have been the steady, familiar faces of the Whangārei Native Bird Recovery Centre. Now, in their retirement years, the couple is at odds with the Department of Conservation.
The centre has been fined $400 for a breach involving a kiwi chick, which
