27 Mar 2025

Kaimanawa wild horses champion preparing to foster

From Checkpoint, 4:45 pm on 27 March 2025

A champion of the Kaimanawa wild horses said she may have to foster a hundred from the herd with a DOC cull scheduled for next month and a shortage of people wanting to give the ponies homes. The Conservation Department said a sustainable herd is about 300. Too many of the horses roaming in the Moawhango ecological zone in the southern Kaimanawa ranges can put pressure on food supplies and native species. Founding board member of the Kaimanawa Legacy Foundation Kelly Wilson spoke to Lisa Owen.