Feedback on the strategy and action plan for hoiho/yellow-eyed penguin conservation
Have your say on the new strategy to support the ecological and cultural health of hoiho/yellow-eyed penguins. Give your feedback by 20 September 2019. Hoiho are a nationally endangered species. There are two distinct populations. The northern population is in decline, and we need fast action to avoid their extinction on the mainland. Little is…
10th International Penguin Conference
Saturday 24th – Wednesday 28th August 2019 The International Penguin Conferences (IPC) are the primary gathering of the world’s leading scientists, research managers and policy makers working on penguin biology, ecology, health and behaviour to discuss ongoing research, identify current and emerging conservation issues and create action plans. It’s a unique opportunity to bring together…
Sea Week Coastal Clean Up 2019
This Saturday 2nd of March is the Annual Sea Week Coastal Clean Up, so we’re heading back to Smails Beach to tackle the sand dunes! If you would like to join in the fun, then please head down to the Dinosaur Park on John Wilson Drive, Dunedin at 10.30am. Here you can collect your gloves…
Tea Towel & Tote Bag Sale!
ONE WEEK ONLY TEA TOWEL AND TOTE BAG SALE! Starting Monday the 19th of November 2018. Little Yellow Bird and the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust had so much fun selling the limited edition t-shirts last month, that we thought let’s sell tea towel’s and tote bag’s! Local Dunedin artist Emma Francesca created this design to illustrate…
Tavora Reserve (Bobby’s Head), near Palmerston, will be closed from 1 November to 28 February for seasonal management purposes.
In 1993 the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust secured this land for the purpose of improving and enhancing the breeding habitat for yellow-eyed penguin/hoiho present. At the time of purchase there were very low natural values remaining. Intensive farming practices over the past decades had destroyed much of the natural vegetation. Following a severe predation episode and…
