Fighting the good penguin fight
South African yellow-eyed penguin specialist Dr Lisa Argilla has spent the past two months spearheading the temporary "Hoiho Hospital" at the Otago Polytechnic School of Veterinary Nursing in...
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Penguins get youthful advocates
Penguins get youthful advocates
A search for diversity around its board table has led the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust to co-opt younger members.
Penguin reserve decision disappoints advocate
Penguin reserve decision disappoints advocate
Penguin refuge advocate Lorraine Adams has not given up on expanding the Oamaru Creek penguin reserve, despite her fourth attempt being rejected.
Tourist's camp fire endangered penguins
Tourist's camp fire endangered penguins
Discovering a tourist had lit a campfire in the dunes at Sandfly Bay right next to a threatened yellow-eyed penguin colony was the last straw for volunteer Pat Dean.
Penguin deaths 'devastating'
Penguin deaths 'devastating'
The bodies of more than 40 endangered yellow-eyed penguins have been found on Otago Peninsula, raising concerns of a repeat of a ''mass mortality'' event which wiped out 60% of peninsula breeding adults in 1990.
Feeding orphaned penguins a fulltime job
Feeding orphaned penguins a fulltime job
Looking after the chicks orphaned by the mysterious deaths of adult yellow-eyed penguins on Otago Peninsula has become a full-time job.
DCC penguin support sought
DCC penguin support sought
The Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust has indicated to the Dunedin City Council it will seek the council's support in its battle against the threat to the species from inshore commercial fishing.
Penguin symposium approaches
Penguin symposium approaches
Transtasman co-operation will be to the fore next week when penguin experts from New Zealand and Australia converge in Oamaru for the eighth annual Oamaru Penguin Symposium.
Planting to help penguins
Planting to help penguins
A planting afternoon will be held at Brighton Domain this weekend to improve habitat for the region's penguins.
Boulder Beach penguin area closed for nesting
Boulder Beach penguin area closed for nesting
To protect nesting yellow-eyed penguins, the Boulder Beach Conservation Area will again be closed to the public for three months.
Penguin duty over
Penguin duty over
Oamaru woman Sue Downton has returned home from a fortnight in the Bay of Plenty spent caring for little blue penguins fouled or threatened by oil spilling from the shipwrecked Rena.
Which coastal species really are native?
Which coastal species really are native?
It has been third time lucky for University of Otago zoologist Prof Jonathan Waters as he starts investigating whether some of our native coastal species, including the yellow-eyed penguin, really are native.
Penguin-minders to educate visitors
Penguin-minders to educate visitors
An initiative to keep both people and penguins happy around Oamaru Harbour is being set up by the Waitaki Tourism Association.
Rare penguins back in sound
Rare penguins back in sound
Some of the rarest penguins in the world have been spotted in Milford Sound, having arrived for the nesting season.
World Ranger Day
World Ranger Day
Sunday is World Ranger Day and to celebrate, the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust is giving people the opportunity to experience a day in the life of its ranger Leith Thomson.
Penguin breeding ground grant
Penguin breeding ground grant
A popular breeding ground in the Catlins for endangered yellow-eyed penguins has received more than $2500 to control predators.
Report calls for upgrade
Report calls for upgrade
A $713,000 redevelopment of the Oamaru blue penguin colony has been suggested to maintain its status in the nature heritage industry.
Read to promote penguins
Read to promote penguins
Another All Black is to champion the cause of the endangered yellow-eyed penguin.
Doc pleased vulnerable penguin reported
Doc pleased vulnerable penguin reported
A Fiordland crested penguin starting its moult has been rescued from a beach at Ocean View, south of Dunedin - where it was at risk from dog attacks - and released at Sandfly Bay, on Otago Peninsula.
Hand-fed hoiho on diet of salmon
Hand-fed hoiho on diet of salmon
With designer housing and gourmet salmon meals delivered by a personal chef twice a day, a group of lucky yellow-eyed penguins probably have their peers green-eyed with envy.