The Tawaki Project featured in the Winter 2016 edition of the Forest & Bird Magazine. Here's a transcription...
July 2, 2016April 13, 2026
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Author: Site admin (Thomas Mattern)
June 11, 2016April 13, 2026
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Living on shaky ground
Musings in the consequences of the predicted big NZ earthquake for tawaki...
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Tawaki Cam – Penguins On Air
Tawaki Cam - Penguins On Air. Help us to establish a live video stream to observe tawaki/Fiordland penguin in their rainforest habitat.
May 6, 2016May 6, 2016
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Why tawaki aren’t “Bank’s Penguin”
Bad timing and a face-off prevented naturalist Joseph Banks on Cook's first voyage from discovering tawaki
April 24, 2016April 24, 2016
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Going deep (or not)
We finally have analysed last year's data and find remarkable differences between our study sites...
March 17, 2016March 17, 2016
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Yeti spotting
In which trail camera footage is shown that may be disturbing to some. Viewer discretion is advised.
February 3, 2016April 13, 2026
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Field Report 2015 released
After a prolonged gestation period due to other penguin related activities the latest report has been released
September 23, 2015September 23, 2015
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Hard work
Time to have a look at some data and witness how hard the penguins work to find food
September 22, 2015September 22, 2015
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More loggers out
We deploy loggers on three brave tawaki females after we find that poor breeding is linked to food shortage
September 20, 2015September 20, 2015
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Long trips, weak chicks
We get the first two devices back and realise that It's not going so well for the penguins this season