Penguin hitches a ride
Meet Larry, the Fiordland crested penguin, who decided to hitch a ride on the Doubtful Sound overnight cruise boat Navigator this week. A Real Journeys spokeswoman said 23 of Larry’s relatives were also seen by the Navigator crew on Seymour Island, proof that predator control in the area was working. “A passenger spotted the penguin waiting patiently at…
Nursery goes on the road
During conservation week, Room 15 at Tahuna IntermediateSchool invited the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust into their classroom to talk about plant propagation and penguins, and to show the Trust what conservation measures their school is doing to save the planet. Armed with buckets of potting mix, pots and seed trays Nursery Manager Anita Pillai invaded the…
Port Chalmers Seafood Festival
Yellow-eyed penguins waving donation buckets in their flippers greeted visitors to the Port Chalmers Seafood Festival on 1 October. Children clamoured to be photographed with their favourite penguin and were invited to visit the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust stand. Here they could see eye to eye with a real (stuffed) penguin and learn more about its…
Opoho School visit to Okia
A hardy group of students from Opoho Primary School joined Ranger Leith Thomson and Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust Nursery staff Toby Bulow and Anita Pillai on Friday 19th August at Okia to help plant pikao in the native dune systems that we have been developing. Despite the snow earlier in the week and the lingering southerly,…
Celebrate World Ranger Day
The Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust is extending an invitation for a once-in-a-lifetime experience to celebrate World Ranger Day on Sunday 31 July 2011. The experience includes spending the day with our Trust ranger and an exclusive tour at a yellow-eyed penguin reserve in North Otago. See first hand the conservation activity undertaken by the Trust to…
Arbor Day planting 5th June
Arbor Day planting with Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust at Okia Reserve – Sunday 5 June 2011 Where: Okia Reserve – meet at the Dick Road carpark, Papanui Inlet, Otago Peninsula. Click here for map When: 5th June 10am. Bring: warm clothes, rain parka, work gloves, snacks, lunch & thermos/water. Wear boots or sensible footwear. The planting site…
