Fiordland crested penguin talk on YouTube
2nd March, 2018
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 June 2018 – programme announced
14th February, 2018
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.
Westland petrel threats better understood
9th January, 2018
The threats to Westland petrels are many and diverse, not least among them being the tiny breeding area.
Blue penguins feature for Year 10
15th August, 2017
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.
Collaboration and partnerships for tawaki
4th September, 2017
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).
The Great Annual West Coast Blue Penguin Count 2017
2nd October, 2017
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.
Education round up
4th October, 2017
Lucy Waller, Education Ranger, has been working with local schools as they make the most of the Trust’s educational resource.
Tracking tawaki in Milford Sound
20th October, 2017
Trust Chair, Kerry-Jayne Wilson spent a week in Milford Sound earlier this month helping Dr Thomas Mattern from The Tawaki Project, and filed this report.
Great Annual West Coast Blue Penguin Count
1st November, 2017
NatureWatch has proved to be a useful tool for recording penguin tracks, which have been counted and reported over the length of the West Coast!
Improved tawaki season at Jackson Head
5th December, 2017
Monitoring of Fiordland crested penguins (tawaki) for the fourth breeding season has come to an end and initial comments are that it was better than the two last disastrous years … but could have been better.
