Nursery gets a hand from Malcam Trust

The YEPT Nursery was lucky enough to have youths from the Dunedin Malcam Trust Conservation Corps (assisted by their supervisor, Garth Hassall) build two additional stand out boxes. The plants are placed on these boxes several
weeks before they are to go out to the habitats to ‘harden off’ (decrease watering) so that they are adjusted to similar environmental conditions they will be exposed too once planted.
This Cons Corp group of young men and women have been visiting the Nursery on alternate Tuesdays to also learn about propagation, extending pipes for our irrigation, and digging drainage ditches.

Many thanks from the Nursery staff for such willing and helpful workers. Read the rest of this entry »

Fond farewell to Gateway student

This week we said goodbye to our Dunedin Gateway student from
Bayfield High School, Max Buxton, who worked with Nursery staff and
volunteers on Wednesdays during 2009. We are happy to know that Max is
heading to Lincoln University in 2010 to further his studies. Max has been a
very positive and lively participant at the Nursery and well liked by all.
We will miss him and wish him well for the future.

Auckland Island Survey Blog

This post will be updated during the Auckland Island Survey which takes place between Friday 6^th November and Monday 7^th December 2009. For more details click here

Weather report
Click on the map to see where the team are

Thursday 03 December

09:30 The Tiama has arrived safely in Invercargill.  The crew are apparently very chirpy – probably finding it strange to be back on land! No Icebergs were seen along the way – more updates later when we get the full story off them.

Some interesting Stats from the trip from Jo:

Of the 22 days we were at the islands -

• 1 day 20kts and under
• 7 days with 30kts and under
• other 14 days 30kts +
• 10 days experienced gusts of 50kts or more.
• 2 days with 70kts…….

No worries mate!! Read the rest of this entry »

E-Waste day a success for Trust

Volunteers from the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust teamed up with Cartridge World at eDay, on Saturday 12 September 2009, collecting printer cartridges for recycling or re-filling. Dunedin residents supplied 36 tonnes of waste, with 621 cars going through the waste collection site at Fryatt Street between 9am and 3pm.

Dunedin based Cartridge World is proud to support the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust by giving reward points to the Trust for the printer cartridges that were returned during the day.  The Trust will receive 308 reward points, (each worth $1) which can be redeemed for office consumables or petrol vouchers.

Graeme and Maxine Cochrane, owners of Cartridge World were pleased with the number of cartridges returned and were amazed at the number of volunteers who turned up from the Trust to help, alongside their son Mitchell, who also helped on the day. Read the rest of this entry »

Oamaru Penguin Symposium

The 7th Oamaru Penguin Symposium will be held on the 24th and 25th June 2010 at the usual venue of the Brydone Hotel in Oamaru.  Further details will be circulated via the mailing list and at http://oamaru.penguin.net.nz when available.  In the meantime, pencil those dates into your calendars and start thinking about the titles of your presentations.

The symposium will again be convened by Philippa Agnew. She can be contacted via e-mail by clicking here.

Public urged to return printer cartridges

“Hoiho” the yellow-eyed penguin is teaming up with Fill McCartridge on eDay, this Saturday 12 September 2009 to collect printer cartridges for recycling or re-filling and help save the environment.

Dunedin based Cartridge World is proud to support the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust by giving reward points to the Trust for printer cartridges being returned during eDay at the Fryatt Street Depot, between 9am – 3pm.

The reward points received from each cartridge returned will help fund conservation activities to ensure the survival of yellow-eyed penguins. Cartridges returned by the public will be taken to their Filleul Street location to be re-filled or re-manufactured and made available again for use. Read the rest of this entry »

Party at Pacific Blue’s inaugural flight

Thursday 3 September 2009

A penguin party took place today when Pacific Blue began flying non-stop between Brisbane and Dunedin this morning.

Celebrating Dunedin’s unique wildlife, Pacific Blue’s inaugural flight saw three human penguins auction $2,000 worth of prizes.  Proceeds will go to the Yellow Eyed Penguin Trust, the Dunedin based charity charged with conserving arguably the world’s rarest penguin – the yellow eyed penguin. Read the rest of this entry »

Penguins welcome Pacific Blue

To celebrate Pacific Blue’s launch of the new Trans Tasman flights between Dunedin and Brisbane a Yellow-Eyed Penguin party will take place at Dunedin International Airport.

Dunedinites have the chance to win two twin tickets to Brisbane if they turn up dressed as penguins to welcome the flight.

Guests on the flight will be wearing yellow-eyed penguin masks (pictured right), specially designed by Advertising and Art, Dunedin. Read the rest of this entry »

A great day at Otapahi Reserve

We wanted to show you a few photos of a great planting day held at one of the Trust’s Reserves on the Otago Peninsula on the 26th August. We had a variety of people helping us that day…6 members of the Wednesday Nursery volunteers, 3 visiting Americans from the University of Otago Botany Department, 3 employees from Mercure Hotel Dunedin, 1 research student from the Zoology department, and 3 staff members. Read the rest of this entry »

Community Workday: 9 August

Thanks to all those that came to help – couldn’t have been a more beautiful day for it! Here are a few photos of the day!

• Where: Tavora Reserve, East Otago. Meet at the old Wilson’s Distillery carpark, North Dunedin.
• Directions: From Dunedin: Drive north through Waikouaiti on SH1 and on 7km to Goodwood Corner. Turn right onto Goodwood Road, and after 5km turn right into Bobby’s Head Road. The car park is directly ahead.

  From Palmerston: Take Goodwood Road for approx 7km and turn left into Bobby’s Head Road.

• When: Sunday 9th August 2009. Meet at Wilson’s Distillery carpark 9:15am to car pool, or 10am at Tavora Reserve carpark

Bring spades, warm clothes, food and drink. for those interested.

Weather permitting, there will be time to complete the coastal walk of the reserve.