For seasonal management purposes, Tavora Reserve (Bobby’s Head), near Palmerston will be closed until 28th February 2023. 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...Continue

Next month Gus Griffin is running the Emerson’s Dunedin Marathon to raise money for hoiho conservation. Gus is an Emerging Leader Trustee of the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust and has been volunteering with hoiho since he was a teenager. Make a donation and follow his efforts. Thanks Gus, and good luck! In 1997 there were 600...Continue

We are excited to be teaming up with the South’s new professional basketball team – The Southern Hoiho. Join us at the Edgar Centre for their home games, and help us cheer them on. Sunday – 3 July 2022 – 12:30pm Wednesday – 20 July 2022 – 7:00pm Sunday – 24 July 2022 – 12:30pm...Continue

            The annual Yellow-eyed Penguin Symposium is on again for 2022. Please note the date for this symposium is a week earlier than normal.   Date: Saturday 30 July 2022 Time: 9am – 4pm Venue: Archway 2 Lecture Theatre (located in the Archway Building on the corner of Union Street...Continue

(Vision supplied by University of Otago). (Source: 1News) Technology is being used to shed light on the elusive Stewart Island yellow-eyed penguin, and their underwater behaviour that, until now, remained a mystery. There’s a lack of research studying the hoiho, a species that has become critically endangered, according to Otago University Zoology Department researcher Thor...Continue

APPLICATIONS CLOSED. The Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust is happy to announce a search for an Emerging Leader to serve on the Trust Board. You will be a full voting and participating trustee on a special one-year term from the date of appointment. Our goal is to bring a fresh and different perspective to our Board and...Continue