Today me and my brother went to Waitangi and found some Penguin houses near a beach. Little Blue Penguins/ Korora are the world’s smallest penguin at 25cm high. They can dive to a depth of 70 metres. They spend most of the day fishing at sea, coming ashore at dusk to roost. They are native […]

By Angelica (age 10) from Ashhurst. All I remember is calm water turning into a black swirling sticky mess then nothing.  Then when I woke up  to find my self in a small red crate in a dark room.  There were towels covering the bottom of the crate and it was nice and warm. Then I […]

This blog provides feedback on entries to our penguin box design challenge in issue 135 (winter 2017) of Wild Things magazine. Penguin boxes are a useful bit of kit for those working to support kororā (little blue penguins) in Aotearoa New Zealand. They are often preferred over natural nests during their important breeding and moulting […]

This is a continuation of the article in  Wild Things issue 135 (winter 2017)  by Emma Cronin, Forest & Bird Penguin Coordinator. Why are there not more protective measures in place already? Well, fishers need to fish. Restrictions mean they can no longer work and earn a living as they are used to. One idea to fix […]

An extension from the article in Wild Things issue 135 (winter 2017) by Dr. Daniel Thomas, Senior Lecturer in Vertebrate Zoology at Massey University. Giant fossil penguin bones have been found in several places in New Zealand and also overseas in Antarctica and South America. The key to finding giant penguin fossils is to look in the […]

This is Anania’s full book review. The first paragraph is also printed in Wild Things issue 135 (winter). [This book]… helps teach us to look after our water and the creatures that live in and on it. If we take one thing out of the nature web it affects the rest. I think it was very good at letting you know […]

In issue 135 of Wild Things, we are asking you to put on your problem solving hat and share your ideas to help Places for Penguins and Te Papa with their penguin conservation work. This video shows how Te Papa went through the design process.

Ever wondered why there are more penguins found in the South of New Zealand? One explanation comes from the legend of Kupe, and his journeys around Aotearoa: Kupe, a great chief, and his companions were first to discover the islands of Aotearoa a thousand years ago. They came in pursuit of the great octopus – Te […]

MAD is a youth leadership programme for the environmentally minded, and run through Auckland Council. In this video MAD members team up with the Thomas family, and Sustainable Coastlines, to build penguin boxes that will serve as homes for penguins nesting on Aotea | Great Barrier Island. Film by Michael Jessup. Charlotte and her friends place the […]

By Lulu (age 10) from Seatoun School. Take the Lead too with Wild Eyes mission #23 (coming soon) – www.wildeyes.co.nz  On the 19th of May some Year 6 students at Seatoun School took on the Take the Lead Challenge with KCC and Wild Eyes. The Take the Lead challenge was all about trying to help […]