Kiwi killed by dog but egg saved

Kiwi eggs orphaned after a Waverley dog attacked and killed an adult bird have been rescued by Department of Conservation (DOC) staff.

The dog's owners rang DOC to say his dog had killed a kiwi and he had removed two eggs from the nest.

DOC said one of the eggs was found to be infertile and the other was rushed to the Kiwi Encounter at Rainbow Springs in Rotorua in the hope it would hatch successfully and be released into the wild.