The contribution of volunteers to all aspects of the work of the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust is immense, and the three volunteers pictured below, Michael Stevenson , Jim Thornley and Jeremy Beck, at the Ngaio paddock entrance to Tavora Reserve, have each donated many hours of their time. All three are members of the habitat volunteer…

>Thanks to the Speight’s Brewery Environment Fund, the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust Nursery kicked off their planting season this year on International Day of Biological Diversity, Sunday 22 May, 2011 at Tavora Reserve, East Otago. More than 20 Trust volunteers, staff and supporters pitched in alongside Highlander players Siale Piutau, Shaun Treeby and Highlander marketing manager…

Although Louisville, Kentucky, in the United States is more than 1,000 km from the sea and in the northern hemisphere, an 8th grade student from Kentucky Country Day School has raised over (US) $200 for the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust to help the conservation of yellow-eyed penguins. Adrian Turcu was working on a school project to…

Thanks to Speight’s Environment Fund, the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust Nursery will kick off their planting season this year with $5,000 of trees and shrubs to be planted at Tavora Reserve, East Otago, on Sunday 22 May at 10 am. Join in and help restore yellow-eyed penguin habitats with the Trust and volunteers on this International…

Preparations for the 2011 planting season are well underway at the YEPT Plant Nursery, which is so full it is bursting at the seams. It is time for all those plants to go. Our coastal areas need them to provide shelter and food for penguin and other wildlife. Volunteers have been working hard sorting and…

The Yellow-Eyed Penguin Trustees have voted. The winners are…. Hamish Howell and Jaedyn Sanders  from Oceanview Heights School in Timaru with: We need to develop a solution To fix up the World’s pollution We all know the key It’s to clean up the sea So our hoihos can enjoy evolution However, the quality of the…