Coastal Otago Conservation Award
Well done to Lala Frazer, one of our founding Trustees, for winning this year’s Coastal Otago Conservation Award! ODT article follows (from Fri 17th September written by Rebecca Fox): A founder of prominent conservation organisations such as the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust and Save the Otago Peninsula, Lala Frazer is this year’s Coastal Otago Conservation Award…
Conservation Week with Balmac Intermediate
As part of Conservation Week on September 14, the Trust was lucky enough to have 29 students from Balmacewen Intermediate’s Room 14 to help the staff of the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust plant pikao at Tavora reserve. The Nursery has had a four-year relationship with teacher, Lisa Shea. Each year (with the help of some very…
The Cons Corps and the YEPT Nursery
For many years the Department of Conservation Conservation Corps has joined us at the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust Nursery to learn about plant propagation. DoC holds a 10 week course on conservation to students from the ages of 16 to 25. The Cons Corps usually spend a day with us in the nursery to learn about…
Mac Bay School trip to see the penguins
On 20 August, field and nursery staff took pupils from year 6 Macandrew Bay School to Otapahi to view penguins. This was organised as a thank you to the class for their hard work painting our nursery buildings (this event was previously featured on this site). After a week of extremely bad weather, Friday afternoon…
Dune planting at Okia
On the morning of 6th June, three Trustees were joined by seventeen volunteers to plant out another area of the fore-dunes at Okia. It was easy planting, partly because the ground had been prepared by staff, but also because we were digging into sand. As well, many of the plants were flax (Phormium tenax) and…
YEP Annual Symposium
The Yellow-eyed Penguin Consultative Group is to hold its annual symposium on: Saturday the 7 August 2010 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. The meeting will be held at: Seminar Room Ground Floor University College Union Street East Dunedin During the morning there will be time for all groups to have an opportunity to report…
