Meet Roxie, the first of 18 tawaki fitted with satellite trackers to leave on her big winter journey...
March 23, 2020March 23, 2020
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March 21, 2020March 21, 2020
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Tawaki Winter Tracking 2020 – free for all
To make self-isolation due to Corvid-19 a bit more exciting, here's the tawaki tracking map...
February 21, 2020February 21, 2020
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Underground Winter Wonderland
In Doubtful Sound, moulting tawaki convert their underground colonies into winter wonderlands...
September 16, 2019September 16, 2019
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Doubtful Sound recce
We made it to Doubtful Sound/Patea to test the waters for the next phase of the Tawaki Project...
June 6, 2019April 13, 2026
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RNZ Podcast: Tawaki bust penguin swimming records
Thomas was featured on RNZ's 'Our Changing World' podcast...
September 15, 2018September 15, 2018
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Season start in Milford Sound
The Tawaki Project 2018 is underway! This time we kicked off fieldwork in Milford Sound. The fjord presented itself in all its mystical glory with mist clinging to its almost vertical mountain flanks. We came armed with four GPS dive loggers to put on female penguins. And as if a cruise through Milford Sound to...
September 6, 2018April 13, 2026
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Marathon press – tawaki everywhere!
The story of the tawaki marathon journeys has made a splash in the media...
August 29, 2018August 29, 2018
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Marathon penguins published
Giselle Clarkson sums up a lengthy scientific paper describing results from our 1st satellite tracking study nicely...
February 25, 2018February 25, 2018
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Satellite tracker deployment in Harrison Cove
Back in Milford Sound to deploy satellite transmitters on tawaki that have just completed the moult...
January 29, 2018January 29, 2018
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Where do moulting tawaki belong?
Why finding tawaki on any South Island beach can be perfectly normal...