The world seems dark and grim. These 5 links are about bringing a little light. 💡

  1. Little spotted kiwi to return to Nelson after almost 100 years | RNZ News:

    Twenty years after the Brook Waimārama Sanctuary was established in Nelson, it's set to become home to a species of kiwi that had long been considered functionally extinct in the South Island.

    Approximately 40 little spotted kiwi, or kiwi pukupuku, are being translocated into the sanctuary from Kāpiti Island in early May.

  2. 300 people in a small Michigan town formed a book brigade to move books:

    300 people in a small Michigan town formed a book brigade to move books to a local bookstore’s new location from its old one. The move took ~2 hours and “the brigade even put the books back on the shelves in alphabetical order.”

  3. Early eggs hopeful sign for bumper blue penguin season in Ōamaru | RNZ News:

    Agnew said the early egg laying was also a good indication that the marine environment was healthy.

    "Egg-laying is very food-driven, so to have eggs this early means we have good food close to the colony. It tells us that things are looking good for the season."

  4. School lunches: 'A really great way to show our community that we care':

    It's 8:30 in the morning and a crowd of students at Melville Primary School are at the breakfast table in the hall.

    On this Monday it's scrambled eggs on wholemeal toast, with sausages left over from Friday's lunch.

    With their best vocabulary, the kids describe to me how their food tastes. "Amazing" and "phenomenal" are the terms they felt appropriate.

    Principal Bronwyn Haitana said breakfast makes a big difference, especially with attendance.

  5. A DOC ranger caring for a population of Powelliphanta augusta snails has for the first time caught a snail laying an egg on video:

    In the video, a small egg, resembling a tiny hen’s egg, emerges from the neck of the unique land snail.

    DOC has been managing a captive population of the threatened snails in chilled containers in Hokitika since 2006, when mining company Solid Energy started mining their habitat …

    … “It’s remarkable that in all the time we’ve spent caring for the snails, this is the first time we’ve seen one lay an egg. We caught the action when we were weighing the snail. We turned it over to be weighed and saw the egg just starting to emerge from the snail.”