== Pigs as predators of Great Spotted Kiwi == 

 Hmm that's a good point..  personally I'd never come across any sources citing them as predators so to me it just seemed like an assumption. However I just looked at the BNZ "Save the kiwi" site and found this 

 http://www.savethekiwi.org.nz/AboutTheBird/Threats/Predators/ 

 Wild Pigs  

 "Pigs are omnivorous and eat vegetation, insects and other animals.  Although not a major kiwi predator, a pig can easily root out a kiwi burrow.  Sometimes people deliberately (and usually illegally) release wild pigs into the bush to provide hunting quarry.  The consequences for kiwi of wild pigs and pig hunting dogs is a double disaster.  While pig dogs can be trained not to hunt kiwi, wild pigs cannot. 
 " 

 So yes they are! My bad, I'll reinstate it and use this page as a reference. Thanks for pointing it out. 

 Cheers,