Royals name kiwi hatchlings

Wellington – Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan bestowed names yesterday to two newly hatched young of New Zealand’s national bird, the kiwi, in Rotorua, on their final day in the Pacific.

The couple visited a breeding programme for the endangered species and admired two three-day-old chicks, whom they named Koha, meaning “gift”, and Tihei, derived from a phrase that means “sneeze of life” in the indigenous Te Reo Maori language. –