A glimpse of the rich New Zealand bird life embedded within these beautiful soaps. They are an ideal gift for that special person. The beautiful paintings within the soaps are the creation of Desiree McLaggan, who lives in rural Gordonton, in the North Waikato Region of New Zealand. All these soaps contain Moringa Oil, a valuable additive for your skin.\u00a0 Moringa is well known for its soothing and healing properties for the skin. The fragrance is the delightful scent of an Old English Garden and is infused into the whole soap.<\/p>\n
The magic of these soaps is that the picture stays in the soap for the lifetime of the soap. If they get a little dull when the soap is dry, rinse under water and the picture pops back as clear and bright as the day you unwrapped it.<\/p>\n
These soaps make a wonderful gift for friends overseas, Mother\u2019s Day, Birthdays, and Christmas.<\/p>\n
These soaps are made in New Zealand using local and imported Ingredients and crafted by Moringa Meadows Homestead based in Pukekawa, New Zealand.<\/p>\n
As early as the 1900\u2019s the K\u014dkako were found in most New Zealand forests. The decline in numbers in the South Island indicates that except for a few remote areas and perhaps Stewart Island the K\u014dkako are assumed to be extinct.<\/p>\n
The North Island has also seen a decline in numbers, especially in the last 20 years.\u00a0However, with Conservation management the numbers are now increasing. The K\u014dkako has been reclassified from Threatened to At Risk: Recovering.<\/p>\n
The predators that threaten the existence of the K\u014dkako are mainly rats, possums and stouts. The female K\u014dkako is most at risk from these predators as they are in their nests for a 50 day period (incubation & brooding). Because of this more males survive, leaving less females to breed.<\/p>\n
With only 21 K\u014dkako\u00a0 in the Hunua Ranges by the mid 1990s, DOC and the Auckland Regional Council started a joint project to protect the North Island K\u014dkako .<\/p>\n
In 1994 there was only 1 breeding female left in Hunua. She fledged 3 chicks, marking a turning point in their recovery. With protections and close monitoring in place the numbers have grown slowly. A census in 2015 found 55 K\u014dkako pairs!<\/p>\n
A large, self-sustaining population was established on\u00a0Little Barrier Island\u00a0during the early 1980s. This was used, together with K\u014dkako from other locations, to create a new island population on Kapiti Island.<\/p>\n
A survey in 2013 estimated 422 pairs on Little Barrier Island, and in 2016 there were an estimated 28 pairs on Kapiti Island.<\/p>\n
A third island population project began, using K\u014dkako from Taranaki, on Tiritiri Matangi Island in the Hauraki Gulf during 1998. In May 2017, k\u014dkako of Taranaki lineage were returned to their ancestral home in Taranaki.<\/p>\n
In M\u0101ori myth, the K\u014dkako filled its wattles with water and brought it to Maui as he fought the sun.<\/p>\n
Maui rewarded the bird by making its legs long and slender, enabling it to bound through the forest with ease.<\/p>\n
Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Elaeis Guineensis (Palm) Oil, Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil, Glycerine, Aqua, Sodium Hydroxide, Sorbitol, Cocoamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Propylene Glycol (Vegetable Derived), Sorbitan Oleate, Hydrolysed Oat Protein, Moringa Oil, Fragrance (English Garden), Water-soluble Paper<\/p>\n Palm Oil: No \u2013 RSPO Palm<\/p>\n Vegan:\u00a0 Yes<\/p>\n Tested on animals:\u00a0 No<\/p>\n Contains GMO:\u00a0\u00a0 No<\/p>\n Country of origin:\u00a0 USA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A glimpse of the rich New Zealand bird life embedded within these beautiful soaps. They are an ideal gift for that special person. The beautiful paintings within the soaps are the creation of Desiree McLaggan, who lives in rural Gordonton, in the North Waikato Region of New Zealand. All these soaps contain Moringa Oil, a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[23],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-249","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-crafted-for-new-zealand-bird-lovers","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"taxable","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moringameadows.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moringameadows.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moringameadows.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moringameadows.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moringameadows.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moringameadows.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moringameadows.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=249"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moringameadows.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=249"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moringameadows.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}