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.

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.

World Environment Day 2009

Over 50 members of the public including students and staff from local corporate organisations, supporters and volunteers of the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust celebrated World Environment Day and Arbor Day by planting 1300 native trees and shrubs. The planting took place at Okia, a 230 hectare reserve jointly owned by the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust and the Dunedin City Council.

The tree planting is a contribution to returning the native bio-diversity to this special part of Dunedin City, home to 20 pairs of yellow-eyed penguins breeding in the reserve. Read the rest of this entry »

Annual Yellow-eyed Penguin Symposium

The Yellow-eyed penguin Consultative Group supported by the Trust and the Department of Conservation is holding its annual symposium on Saturday 1st August 2009 at ground floor meeting room at University College (same place as last year).

The format will be the same as previous years with report backs during the morning. The afternoon session’s topic is still to be confirmed.

For further information and registrations, contact the Trust Office or Bruce McKinlay, Secretary of the Yellow-eyed Penguin Consultative Group. You can also download the registration form here.

Cadbury Chocolate Carnival Go Wild!

Join the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust on an exclusive tour to a private reserve (rarely open to the public). View yellow-eyed penguins in their natural habitat, from a stunning location and chocolate to share! Learn about our conservation efforts and what the future holds for this endangered species. Accompanied by Trust representatives. Come and visit our stand at the Portobello Farmer’s Markets.

Maximum 40 people, bookings essential. Not suitable for young children or anyone unable to walk on hilly terrain. Suitable outdoor footwear and wet weather gear recommended. Binoculars also recommended – Trust will have some available to share.

• When: Sunday 12th July 2009 at 3pm
• Entry: $10 adult (1 child free) $2 each extra child (Child 5 – 12 yrs)
• Reservations Essential. Subject to availability Ph: (03) 479 0011

For more information about the Cadbury Chocolate Carnival Week 11-17 July 2009, visit www.chocolatecarnival.co.nz

Almost an Island Conference Proceedings

You can also download the conference proceedings and biographies of the speakers by clicking here (pdf 400kb)

Friday 12 October 2007

Conference Opening

Opening speakers were Tahu Potiki (Chairperson of Te Runanga O Otakou), the Hon Damien O’Connor (Minister of Tourism), Peter Chin (Mayor of Dunedin), Anton Oliver (Patron, Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust), and Euan Kennedy (Founding Trustee, Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust). Read the rest of this entry »

Almost an Island Conference Programme

Please note that speakers/times are subject to change.

Title: ‘Almost an Island – Valuing Otago Peninsula’

Is biodiversity conservation paying it’s way?: The social and economic benefits of conserving nature on Otago Peninsula.

Registration

Closing date for registrations is 30 September 2007. Click here to download a registration form

THURSDAY 11TH OCTOBER

Otago Peninsula tour (optional ½ day tour, 12:30 – 4:30pm) NUMBERS PERMITTING
Spend half a day with trustees/staff from the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust on a guided tour around the Otago Peninsula seeing Trust sites, and including a visit to their Plant Nursery. Cost includes transport and refreshments.
Price to be notified so please do not include money until confirmed whether this will go ahead. Read the rest of this entry »

Almost an Island Conference Biographies

Peter Dann

Peter Dann has worked as a wildlife ecologist for 25 years and has published extensively on seabirds and shorebirds in Australasia.   He has co-edited, with Ian Norman and Pauline Reilly, a book entitled “The Penguins: ecology and management” (1995) and is currently at Cambridge University working on a second book on penguins.  He manages a research group on Phillip Island in southern Victoria specialising in penguin and seal biology particularly in relation to tourism.  Phillip Island is famous for its “Penguin Parade” where 500,000 visitors come each year to see the arrival of Little Penguins at Summerland Beach at sunset and it is also home to the second-largest Australian Fur-seal colony in the world. Read the rest of this entry »