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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Our late great Chair, Scientist and guide, Kerry-Jayne Wilson MNZM, loved the biennial Oamaru Penguin Symposium and encouraged any of our Trust team to attend if they could. Over the years, the symposium has moved from a little or blue penguin, kororā focus, to other Aotearoa New Zealand penguins, other penguins in far off lands […]
Linden Brown joined the trust in the middle of the 2021 breeding season and, with some guidance from our previous ranger, Matt Charteris, we were delighted that he hit the ground running. Field work is his passion and he brought considerable field work experience from his monitoring roles with the Department of Conservation. Completing the […]
Almost a year after she died and close to what would have been her 74th birthday, a memorial event will be held for Kerry-Jayne Wilson MNZM in Charleston on Saturday 4th March 2023. The venue will be the Charleston Goldfields Hall, 7348 Camp Street/Coast Road aka State Highway 6 and the party will start at […]
A highly infectious strain of bird flu has been spreading since 2014 and has been disastrous for both poultry and other birds in the US and Europe during 2022. It has now reached pelicans in Peru and penguins in Africa. It could reach NZ via migratory birds. Biosecurity NZ will work closely with the Department […]
Trustee Suzanne Hills reports on her meeting with Hon Poto Williams: “In October the Hon Poto Williams, Minister of Conservation, visited the West Coast and the Trust was fortunate to be granted a meeting. Our chair Robin Long and trustee Suzanne Hills attended. As the last meeting of her busy schedule we were allocated half […]
The 2021/22 year has been one of change and loss for the trust, but also of productivity and hope for the future. Trust Chair, Robin Long, introduces the annual report and explained: “Overshadowing all of our work throughout the year, our inspiration, guide, scientist, and Chair for most of the Trust’s existence, Kerry-Jayne Wilson MNZM, […]
