The national Seaweek campaign is led by the Sir Peter Blake Marine Education and Recreation Centre in March each year and is a campaign that is especially important to the Department of Conservation on the West Coast with our taonga species and Marine Reserves. This year’s theme was ‘celebrating sea creatures of Aotearoa’. DOC held […]
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New Zealand Photography Workshops started out in 2013 and now offer unique tours and workshops across the country. Their principles are based on not only showcasing New Zealand at its very best but demonstrating to everyone who visits these beautiful places or takes photographs of our indigenous wildlife how special they are and why they […]
You may have read reports from around the world about a new and very concerning strain of the avian flu virus since 2020, starting in Europe, spreading across the USA, then to South America and then Antarctica, Africa and Asia. Working with seabirds as we do and while acknowledging that the risk of it arriving […]
Enviroschools West Coast invited the West Coast Penguin Trust to join and present to a recent community partnerships hui for teachers. The hui focussed on building strong community collaborations and partnerships. It was held at Kaniere School and nearly 30 teachers from across Grey and Westland districts attended along with our Manager, Inger Perkins, and […]
Rangers Sarah Kivi and Ranger Lucy Waller report back from Jackson Head and Knight’s Point Tawaki Colonies, also having a good season despite developing El Niño conditions. Jackson Head and Knight’s Point Tawaki Monitoring 2023 Jackson Head Aim: Tawaki nests were monitored for survival and breeding success or failure due to predation or other […]
The last big El Niño year was a disaster in the Tawaki colonies, with most chicks starving to death, hence we were all anxious going into this season knowing it was another El Niño year. However it was an entirely different story this year. At Gorge river, 9 out of the 10 monitored nests with […]
A gift in your will helps the West Coast Penguin Trust to protect little blue penguins – kororā, Fiordland crested penguins – tawaki, Westland petrels – tāiko, and other threatened seabirds. If you are one of the four in ten New Zealanders who have not yet written a will, you are clearly not alone. Gathered […]
We are very excited to share this opportunity with you. A very generous donor has offered to match donations up to $5000! With your help, we can reach $10,000 in donations between December and April. To counterbalance Black Friday, Giving Tuesday was born for the following week. It’s a day to remember and support causes […]
Our annual report always includes a message from the Trust Chair, the highlights and challenges of the previous year and our enormous thanks to all those organisations and individuals who have supported our work. This year, our Chair, Robin Long, reinforces our vision – sea and shore birds and their habitat across the West Coast […]
