The Mission – Blog 1
Welcome to the 2012 Auckland Island expedition blog. The Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust and the Department of Conservation have joined forces to count hoiho down in the Auckland Islands this month. They’ve recruited six keen volunteers who are going to help out, and Piko the Penguin has asked if we can keep everyone up-to-date with what’s…
Fonterra assistance with Long Point nest searching
After only one week in his job as graduate Environmental Officer at Fonterra Edendale, Sean Spencer was thrown in the deep end on Monday 15 October. He assisted with the annual yellow-eyed penguin nest search at Long Point/Irahuka. The search team, led by Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust Ranger Leith Thomson, included Field Manager David McFarlane and…
Scientific American
Some of the information presented at the Yellow-eyed Penguin Symposium on the 4 August has reached an international audience through this Scientific American blog. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/2012/08/08/nets-climate-change-yellow-eyed-penguins-new-zealand/…
NHNZ creates better habitat for yeps
For the fourth year running, staff from NHNZ (a major global producer of factual television) have planted native trees at Okia Reserve in support of the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust. On Friday 20 July, a team of 17 pitched in to enhance penguin nesting opportunities. Head of Corporate Services, Tim Mepham, said, “We see it as…
Holcim plants penguin habitat
Tavora Reserve has benefited from the ‘Together for Communities’ initiative of Holcim New Zealand. On Friday 29 June, about twelve staff from Taylors Lime at Dunback planted 300 native trees and shrubs, provided by the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust (YEPT). Holcim contributed the materials needed for plant protection. A leading supplier of cement, aggregates, ready mixed…
Chorus line at Okia Reserve
An old, unused fence on the northern part of Okia Reserve has been removed. Four staff from Chorus (New Zealand’s largest telecommunications utility company) volunteered their services on Tuesday 3 July to clear the way for the erection of a new fence. The volunteers dug out fence posts and rolled up the wire. They then…
