We wanted to show you a few photos of a great planting day held at one of the Trust’s Reserves on the Otago Peninsula on the 26th August. We had a variety of people helping us that day – six members of the Wednesday nursery volunteers, three visiting Americans from the University of Otago Botany…

Thanks to all those who came to help. It couldn’t have been a more beautiful day for it! Here are a few photos of the day! Where: Tavora Reserve, East Otago. Meet at the old Wilson’s Distillery carpark, North Dunedin. Directions: From Dunedin: Drive north through Waikouaiti on SH1 and on 7km to Goodwood Corner….

Over 50 members of the public, including students and staff from local corporate organisations, supporters and volunteers of the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust, celebrated World Environment Day and Arbor Day by planting 1300 native trees and shrubs. The planting took place at Okia, a 230 hectare reserve jointly owned by the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust and the…

The Yellow-eyed penguin Consultative Group, supported by the Trust and the Department of Conservation, is holding its annual symposium on Saturday 1st August 2009 at the ground floor meeting room at University College (same place as last year). The format will be the same as previous years, with report backs during the morning. The afternoon…

The 2008-09 breeding season on Trust reserves was very average, characterised by lighter weight chicks, and an unexpected series of egg and chick deaths and abnormalities at one Otago Peninsula reserve. This reflected a general pattern on the Otago/Southland coast. As DOC Coastal Otago, Biodiversity Programme Manager David Agnew commented, “The breeding season got off…

Press release from DOC 1/5/2009: DOG ATTACKS ON PENGUINS UNACCEPTABLE AND PREVENTABLE The latest in a spate of yellow-eyed penguin fatalities was reported to the Department of Conservation this week.  Today it was confirmed by autopsy that the death was caused by yet another dog attack. Four yellow-eyed penguins have died following dog attacks along…