Every month, our KCC pekapeka | bats fly off to stay with whānau, schools and community groups throughout Aotearoa.
The lucky pekapeka go on all sorts of fun adventures with their hosts. Hosts can also choose to also host a bat detection device and take part in our citizen science project.
If you're a KCC member and would like to host one of our pekapkea, fill out this form to apply!
Explore our interactive Bat Map.
Click on the locations to read about the pekapeka's adventures and learn where bats have been recorded.
Here's an example of a recent pekapeka adventure:
Polly visits Elsie and Harrison in Ōtautahi for Christmas
Polly came to stay with Elsie (8) and Harrison (5) in Ōtautahi | Christchurch for Christmas. On Christmas day, Santa and the reindeer left footprints by the door and Polly landed in them. She got magic snow on her, but she didn’t seem to mind. She enjoyed looking at the presents under the tree.
After Christmas we went on a tramp to Lake Daniell in the Lewis Pass. Polly rode on mum’s backpack and had a great view of the forest and all the streams and waterfalls we walked past. We think she loved being back in the ngahere!
The hut was all booked so we stayed in our tents – Polly was very cosy snuggled up in the sleeping bag with Elsie. Luckily, she didn’t seem bothered by all the sandflies!
We had a really fun time with Polly and were sad to say goodbye to her, and we hope she can come to have another adventure sometime!
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