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Project: Fiordland crested penguins
Speaking up for penguins
Advocacy – speaking up for penguins An important aspect of our work is advocacy. We know that you rely on us to speak up for penguins and other threatened seabirds through a variety of processes. Te Tai Poutini Plan Most recently, Trust Manager, Inger Perkins, spoke to the commissioners working on the new regional district […]
Tawaki / Fiordland Crested Penguin Conservation Management; Predator control –four year final report, 2014-2017.
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West Coast Penguin Trust – Annual Report 2023-24
Our vision continues to be that “Sea and shore birds and their habitat of the West Coast Te Tai Poutini are healthy and thriving”. Our Mission is to achieve the vision through research, education, awareness, advocacy and practical projects, founded on strong science. Message from the Chair After three years as Chair, I will be handing […]
Marathon penguins – Reasons and consequences of long-range dispersal in Fiordland penguins / Tawaki during the pre-moult period
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Conservation for penguins from Coast photography workshop
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 […]
Being prepared for avian influenza or bird flu
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 […]
Jackson Head and Knight’s Point Tawaki also have a good season despite El Niño conditions
Rangers Sarah Kivi and Ranger Lucy Waller report back from Jackson Head and Knight’s Point Tawaki Colonies, also having a good season despite developing El Niño conditions. Jackson Head and Knight’s Point Tawaki Monitoring 2023 Jackson Head Aim: Tawaki nests were monitored for survival and breeding success or failure due to predation or other […]
Catherine reports on the 2023 Tawaki season at Gorge River
The last big El Niño year was a disaster in the Tawaki colonies, with most chicks starving to death, hence we were all anxious going into this season knowing it was another El Niño year. However it was an entirely different story this year. At Gorge river, 9 out of the 10 monitored nests with […]
Protect penguins and other threatened seabirds with a gift in your will
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 […]
