Almost an Island Conference biographies
Peter Dann Peter Dann has worked as a wildlife ecologist for 25 years and published extensively on seabirds and shorebirds in Australasia. He has co-edited, with Ian Norman and Pauline Reilly, a book entitled The Penguins: ecology and management (1995) and is currently at Cambridge University working on a second book on penguins. He manages a…
Almost an Island Conference invite
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust. We warmly invite past, present and future supporters to participate in a long weekend of celebration, reflection, and looking ahead to the next twenty years. The four days from Thursday 11 October to Sunday 14 October will include public events, lectures, open days and…
Blood parasite kills last penguin chick
A blood parasite has claimed the life of Big Fluffy, the sole survivor of 32 yellow-eyed penguin chicks hatched in the monitoring area on the north-west coast of Stewart Island. Fluffy before his death The 109-day-old chick was found dead on February 28, just metres from his nest site, by Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust southern islands…
Lone survivor
(Press release 12 December 2006) Stewart Island’s yellow-eyed penguin population faces an uncertain future after a devastating breeding season in which just one chick of 32 survived. The less than 3 percent breeding success rate is the worst since monitoring began four years ago when the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust started its five year research programme…
Mainland helps Our Sea Friends promotion
In October, Mainland launched the “Help Our Sea Friends” promotion featuring the Trust’s new patron, Anton Oliver. The promotion, which ran for eight weeks, included on-pack stickers, in store displays, and a weekly segment on TV2’s Saturday morning kids show, Squirt TV – ensuring high visibility for the campaign and the Trust. To enter, consumers…
URGENT APPEAL – WE NEED YOUR HELP!!
September 2006 – Thank you all for your continued patience as negotiations continue to secure this important habitat for penguins and other coastal species. Further visits to the area and meetings have been held and we hope to bring you updates in the very near future. Our own patience is continually inspired as we are…
