Unlike all other crested penguin species that live and breed on remote offshore islands in the subantarctic region, Tawaki breed in a continental environment, that is, along the southwestern coastline of Aotearoa/New Zealand. And not only that… although Tawaki only occur along a roughly 400 km stretch of coast (as the crow flies) – from...
Witness the first successful camera deployment on a breeding tawaki from Milford Sound.
After three years, we finally got the research permits for the subantarctic...
We managed to get the transponder gate back out this weekend...
We know that tawaki aren't easy to find. Where do you start looking for them?
The last tawaki to be fitted with satellite tags that also turned out to be a river penguin...
When the dream cave to pass the moult turns into a tourism nightmare as soon as the tide goes out...
The 2nd penguin released from Katiki Pt was visibly upset about the end of its wellness holiday...
The tale of a lucky tawaki that was picked up just in time on a dog walkers beach...
The last deployment in Fiordland had to be carried out under rather challenging conditions...
