Senior wildlife keeper Nicole Kunzmann said because the egg was bigger than the previous two - the chicks from which both died after hatching - it had resulted in a bigger and stronger chick.
"It's just a lot more normal in terms of its movement and general appearance and it's just doing everything that we expect it to," Ms Kunzmann said.
"It's sleeping, but getting more and more active and starting to poke around and use its feet a lot more. It just seems a lot stronger and I've got a good feeling about this one."
The chick hatched about 1am on Waitangi Day, and although Ms Kunzmann said that might be a factor in naming it, staff were waiting for it to become more active to see what characteristics it might have.
Its home for now is an incubator lined with folded towels, and once the chick starts to walk and the incubator is gradually cooled to room temperature it will be ready to move to a brooder-box with peat and beech leaves.
Visitors to the centre can view the chick through a real-time video feed displayed in the cafe.
Two or three feathers will be sent away for DNA analysis to determine the sex of the chick when it is strong enough.
