Trust Chair, Kerry-Jayne Wilson, is one of the authors of a recently published and important paper detailing 20 years of conservation of the endangered Chatham petrel. […]
Category: News
Swim for penguins!
The Grey District Aquatic Centre is planning a Virtual Cook Strait Swim to raise funds for local charities. The West Coast Penguin Trust will be there and we need you! […]
10th annual blue penguin census
The West Coast Penguin Trust invites anyone on the coast this weekend (9-12 October) to find out whether penguins live on their beach. […]
Penguin Encounters of the Craig Potton kind
Craig Potton will present his personal account of penguin encounters around the Southern hemisphere at a fundraising event for the Trust at Hokitika’s Regent Theatre on Friday 27th November, followed by a rare landscape masterclass on Saturday 28th November. […]
Fiordland crested penguin facts
The DOC office in Haast, closest to Fiordland crested penguins (tawaki), has produced handy information sheets describing the life of and threats to these penguins. […]
Clarification on Cape Denison Adélie Penguins
There has been some misreporting of the Adelie penguins research paper mentioned in a facebook post earlier this month, some saying that 150,000 penguins have died. […]
Iceberg B09B killing Adélie penguin colony
Trust Chair, Kerry-Jayne Wilson, is lead author of a report published this week in the journal Antarctic Science, which concludes that the Cape Denison colony could be wiped out within 20 years. […]
Stark contrast for Fiordland v South Westland penguins
The Tawaki Project team have found stark contrasts in the foraging habits and breeding success of tawaki (Fiordland crested penguins) when comparing colonies at Jackson Head and Milford Sound. […]
Penguin education workshop inspires teachers
Eleven teachers from Greymouth attended an inspiring workshop led by environmental educator Zoe Watson, giving them food for thought as they planned their 2016 programmes. […]
Blue penguins star in Oddball movie
A new film is due to hit New Zealand’s cinema screens soon and, alongside a very cuddly dog and his eccentric owner, it features a cast of blue penguins. […]
