Vet Calendar for sale
The New Zealand Wildlife Health Centre, located at Massey University in Palmerston North, receives sick and injured yellow-eyed penguins from all over the South Island. They are treated, rehabilitated and eventually readied for release by a dedicated team of top notch vets and support staff. The goal of the NZWHC is to promote the welfare…
Penguins and dairy farms
What do yellow-eyed penguin habitats and dairy farms have in common? The answer is native plants. To breed, yellow-eyed penguins need sheltered sites, hidden from other breeding pairs, but much of their habitat has been destroyed. For more than twenty years, the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust (YEPT) has been fencing off and replanting breeding areas along…
Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust benefits from NZ Funds Management initiative
New Zealand employee-owned wealth management firm and KiwiSaver provider, NZ Funds Management, has launched an initiative in conjunction with the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust to lower its paper wastage and help save the Yellow-eyed Penguin. Through this initiative NZ Funds Management has been making a $5 donation to the Trust for every NZ Funds Management client…
Time to plant trees
The field team have completed their planning for the up and coming planting season. First the days and areas are decided, and then which plants we want to put in each of the areas aligned to the relevant reserve planting plans. This year we are planting in our ‘totara dunes’ at Tavora, North Otago, creating…
Trust at Tomahawk Beach, Dunedin, with Enviroschools
[slideshow id=49]Trust field manager David McFarlane took part in the Enviroschool’s Seaweek Hui – “One Beach – Ours to Explore and Care For” – at Tomahawk Beach, Dunedin on 9 March. www.enviroschools.org.nz David spoke to the students about living with penguins on southern beaches. Students had hands on experience of yellow-eyed penguin nest searching, and learnt…
Community work days 2012
Tuesday 5 June Arbor Day – help us plant 1000x trees Okia Reserve, Otago Peninsula Meet at Dick Rd carpark,10am Bring spades, warm clothes, food and drink. For more information contact the YEPT office Phone 03 4790011 email yeptrust@gmail.com…
