A potential audience of 120 thousand school children was focussed on West Coast blue penguins in late September. Teachers and support staff from LEARNZ joined DOC, and Rebecca Gibson Helene Roehl from the West Coast Blue Penguin Trust to bring to life blue penguins and seals for children from throughout New Zealand. […]
Month: September 2011
More planting at Hokitika beach
The Scouts, Penguin Trust and local volunteers were back in action on September 20 doing further planting as part of the Hokitika Blue Penguin Habitat Restoration Project. The plan is to restore penguin nesting habitat over time. Thanks to funding from the West Coast Community Trust, Honda Tree fund and Forest and Bird planting is […]
Cape Foulwind project underway
The project which will see public viewing of Blue Penguins and Sooty Shearwaters at Cape Foulwind has taken its first step. Last month Solid Energy committed to funding the project for the next two years. Trust chair woman Kerry-Jayne Wilson and temporary ranger Helene Roehl have now put the first penguin nesting boxes and new […]
