Conservation Week 2022 focuses on how we can take action for nature. Taking action not only benefits nature, but also our personal wellbeing. Ka ora te whenua, ka ora te tangata – when the land is well, the people are well. When Papatūānuku thrives, we thrive. There are many events you can attend, locally and New […]
Tawaki monitoring has revealed steady breeding during seasons 2019-2021. This is despite a major mast event with massive seedfall in autumn 2019. Mast events with abundant seeds available support mouse plagues, followed by rat plagues feeding on mice, followed by stoat plagues feeding on rats. As seeds gradually rot or germinate, rodent numbers fall and […]
Kerry-Jayne Wilson, conservationist, seabird ecologist, adventurer, scientist and all round extraordinary human being, has died. She leaves a gaping hole but a superb legacy. Kerry-Jayne was a founding Trustee of the West Coast Penguin Trust in 2006 and Chair for most of the years since then. She has been our inspiration, scientist, guide and leader. […]
The West Coast Penguin Trust is delighted that Suzanne Hills has become a Trustee. Suzanne brings a passion for the West Coast and its biodiversity as well as considerable conservation and sustainability knowledge and experience. Suzanne describes a conventional start in life growing up in Tauranga, completing a degree in biotechnology at Massey University and […]
Kerry-Jayne Wilson’s wonderful new book, New Zealand Seabirds – A Natural History, is out now from Potton & Burton publishers. Kerry-Jayne was interviewed on RNZ National over the Christmas – New Year break and you can read or listen to the interview here: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/the-weekend/audio/2018826173/kerry-jayne-wilson-flying-with-the-seabirds A wonderful comment after the interview from a listener and read […]
I was sending some Christmas cards to family and friends in England and wanted to add a gift – something flat, light, useful… Then I thought about Oxfam Unwrapped and the Tear Fund who offer gift cards with a purpose, a chicken, a goat, clean water etc where they are most needed. Then I thought […]
Black Friday lands on us in late November with a deluge of advertising in every possible medium, enticing us to buy now and apparently offering once in a lifetime deals. If you’d rather have a calm approach to some ethical retail therapy, have a look at our newsletter published this morning for some ideas, with […]
Exciting news! Our new and updated education resource book, Blue Penguins & Other Seabirds has finally arrived. We first published this fantastic resource and activities book in 2014 and it has been a very popular, fun, interactive tool for many teachers, educators and groups up and down the West Coast and all over New Zealand […]
From many excellent applications for the 20 hours a week Trust Ranger role, the Trust has recently appointed Linden Brown and he takes on the role from 26th October. The Trust is sad to be farewelling Ranger Matt Charteris, who is leaving to focus on other conservation projects and build a new home, but we […]
We are thrilled to announce that Kerry-Jayne Wilson’s eagerly anticipated book specifically about the seabirds of New Zealand is to be published in October. This has been a labour of love for Kerry-Jayne, who has had a passion for seabirds for many years, and the new book, being published by Potton & Burton, looks superb […]
