It’s back and it’s better! The penguin count took a break last year, but it is back and you can help by taking a morning walk on your beach and recording any penguin tracks or other penguin observations in the NatureWatchNZ (iNaturalist) app. […]
Category: News
Collaboration and partnerships for tawaki
The West Coast Penguin Trust and The Tawaki Project have been working together for the past three years and have recently formed The Tawaki Coalition to present a single voice for tawaki to our new conservation partners, Wellington Zoo and Taronga Zoo (Sydney). […]
Blue penguins feature for Year 10
With input from the Trust, Buller High School senior science teacher, Erica Jar, has developed class notes for the Year 10 ecology curriculum that focus on local wildlife – blue penguins. […]
Westland petrel threats better understood
The threats to Westland petrels are many and diverse, not least among them being the tiny breeding area. […]
Community Conservation Symposium June 2018 – programme announced
We are delighted and excited to announce the programme for the Community Conservation Symposium, presented by the West Coast Penguin Trust in Greymouth (Shantytown) on 14th June with local field trips on 15th June 2018. […]
Fiordland crested penguin talk on YouTube
Trustee and Tawaki Ranger, Robin Long, gave an illustrated talk at Westland District Library recently and it’s now available to view and listen to at your leisure on YouTube. […]
Community Conservation Symposium a huge success
The West Coast Penguin Trust presented the “Community Conservation Symposium – How, what and why for conservation on the West Coast” on 14-15 June 2018. With 119 participants for the conference day and 65 joining field trips on day two, numbers were much greater than expected and the whole event was a huge success. […]
Dog aversion training offered
Dogs and their owners are being invited to participate in penguin and weka avoidance training in Hokitika as a part of Conservation Week on the 22 and 23 September 2018. […]
The Great Annual Blue Penguin Count is coming!
The Great Annual Blue Penguin Count, 10-15 October this year, is fun, hugely useful and a great way to get involved! […]
Tawaki – marathon penguins
We are celebrating with The Tawaki Project the release of a research paper reporting the marathon swims made by Fiordland crested penguins (tawaki) after raising chicks and before returning to moult. […]
