Walked up to us on the trail

At the anchorage hut

We saw Weka regularly on the whole track from Whariwharangi to Marahau (we didn't see any in thw hills between Anchorage and Marahau).
Three times we encountered Weka chicks:
1. At the beginning of Onetahuti Bay, where the boardwalk is wider and offers a view of the ocean, we saw a weka with three chicks.
2. At Tonga Quarry, near the huge concrete block, we saw one Weka chick.
3. Just after leaving Anchorage bay we saw a Weka with 2 - 3 chicks (they were gone too fast)
The picture is from the first sighting.

Weka family. 2 adults and 2 healthy looking chicks by 5 mins walk from cleopatras pools heaxing towards anchoarge

Somewhere around apple bay i think it was. We cane across a weka which we thought was carrying its chick up the steep slope. We watched it for about a minute and it ledt it and jumped up the last bit onto the track. I stepped down to pick up the chick when i realised it was a dead baby penguin that eas freshky killed as it was still warm. I put it on the track and the weka came back to try and eat it giving me an opoortunity to record it for a while. I have no way of uploading the video for ye.

Somewhere around apple bay i think it was. We cane across a weka which we thought was carrying its chick up the steep slope. We watched it for about a minute and it ledt it and jumped up the last bit onto the track. I stepped down to pick up the chick when i realised it was a dead baby penguin that eas freshky killed as it was still warm. I put it on the track and the weka came back to try and eat it giving me an opoortunity to record it for a while. I have no way of uploading the video for ye.

Penguin nesting right on the side of the track, maybe needs relocation from hikers