Kapiti also has a small population of the rare South Island brown kiwi which were introduced to the island in 1912. It is fortunate that both of these kiwi have found Kapiti an ideal habitat. They can be heard calling most nights as they move around their territories in pairs. They eat insects, worms, leaves, and berries. They seem to be indifferent to people, but they don't hesitate to investigate an intruder in their territory.
Robins are strongly territorial and chase off other robins and even larger species.
The male is slaty-black with a white breast, and the female is grey with a pale grey breast. They have a habit of stopping and standing very erect and still, white hopping over the forest floor looking for small insects. For closer views of robins, scrape away some of the leaf litter on the ground near you and wait quietly. A robin will hop down onto the bare patch and pick up insects that you have uncovered. The smaller, closely related tomtit is rather more elusive.