Manukura (kiwi)

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Manukura (1 May 2011 – 27 December 2020) was a North Island brown kiwi and the first pure white kiwi born in captivity. She hatched at the Pukaha / Mount Bruce National Wildlife Centre in May 2011 because of a rare genetic condition that made her all white. She was named by Rangitāne leader Mike Kawana; her name means "chiefly status" in Māori.

At first, people thought she was a male, but caretakers later found she was a female. In 2014 she was filmed during a noisy mating display. Manukura died in December 2020 after surgery to remove her ovaries and an unfertilised egg she was having trouble passing.

A children's book about Manukura was published in 2012, written by Joy Cowley and illustrated by Bruce Potter. Plush toys and museum displays of the bird have been made in New Zealand over the years.