Hurunui College has 'adopted' Nina Valley in the Lewis Pass with the aim of returning the valley to predator free status.  It is a long-term project, with an end goal of releasing BNZ Operation Nest Egg kiwi into the valley, and maintaining a viable breeding population in the valley.  The initial focus will be on stoat control through trapping, and undertaking kiwi listening throughout the valley.  Other species that will benefit include South island kaka and whio/blue duck.

Kids restore New Zealand has partnered with the BNZ Save the Kiwi Trust to help Hurunui College students achieve their conservation objectives of providing protection for the kiwi through trapping stoats and control of rats, possums and other predators, and to provide a secure habitat for juvenile kiwi to be released in the future.  This work will be undertaken with technical advice and guidance from the Department of Conservation Waimakariri.

Hurunui School continued their work throughout 2010 and were able to release kiwi into the area in February 2011.  The monitoring shows that the kiwi are currently doing very well in their new environment.