Roroa in the Rotoiti Nature Recovery Project (RNRP) are protected by the work of the Department of Conservation and a group of volunteers named the Friends of Rotoiti (FOR). It’s an excellent example of a successful collaboration involving the government and a local community. The work that FOR does to protect roroa includes controlling rats, stoats, possums and feral cats by setting traps and monitoring for pest presence. It also monitors kiwi and other native animals such as kākā, lizards and robin populations in the RNRP territory.
With design by coin designer and sculptor Stevan Stojanovic, this coin depicts a roroa kiwi on the shores of lake rotoiti, brought to life with colour printing. A mirrored proof finish surrounds the illustration.
Features:
- 1oz silver proof coin with colour printing
- Minted from 0.999 silver
- Designed by Stevan Stojanovic, Ōtaki, New Zealand
- Worldwide limited mintage of 2,500
- Part of NZ Post’s annual kiwi coin programme.
Specifications:
- Denomination: $1 New Zealand Dollar
- Obverse Design: Portrait of His Majesty King Charles III, by Stephen Fuller, New Zealand
- Reverse Design: Roroa Great Spotted Kiwi
- Mint: BH Mayer’s Kunstprägeanstalt GmbH
- Mintage Limit: 2500
- Finish: Proof with select colour printing
- Composition: 0.999 silver
- Edge: Milled
- Shape: Round
- Diameter: 40mm
- Weight: 1oz
