19/09/2026
Some animals get kept as pets. Others get sponsored because they remind you exactly who you are.
Meet Pari — the kārearea (native NZ falcon) we’ve backed for three years running at the Kārearea Falcon Trust in Marlborough. He’s the reason our double-headed tee exists.
Pari hatched in 2018 at Wingspan in Rotorua, to parents Aroha and Hamden. He arrived at the Trust that December with a brother, who was later released into the wild at Yealands Vineyards — free, exactly where he was built to be. Pari stayed. Because a lot of the resident females at the Trust carry injuries that mean they’ll never fly free again, and healthy males like him are what keeps the breeding programme — and the wild population — alive.
In 2019 he was paired with resident female Jenny. Together they bred chicks that went on to be released into the wild.
Back the predator. 🦅