


Penguin Box Challenge
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 […]

Catching more than you bargained for
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 […]

Discovering giant penguins in New Zealand
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 […]

Book review – Mister King’s Incredible Journey
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 […]

Te Papa’s Penguin Box Design Challenge video

Why are there more penguins in the South?
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 […]

Penguin Boxes on Great Barrier Island – Charlotte Thomas
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 […]

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