The Tawaki Project’s Bounty-Antipodes Expedition 2025/26 ran from 25 November 2025 to 24 February 2026, taking the research team to...
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Tawaki
nests mapped
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Erect-crested penguin
pairs counted
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Foraging trips
recorded across 3 species
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Dive events
recorded with loggers
research, conservation, advocacy
Welcome
to the Tawaki Project!
New Zealand hosts one third of the world’s penguin species, six different species in total, most of which are endemic to the NZ region. Four of these belong to the group of crested penguins, species in possession of remarkable yellow crests. What these four species also have in common, is that they are the least known and studied species on this planet – and the most threatened. The Tawaki Project aims at gaining better understanding of the crested penguins’ ecology, the threats they face and what we can do to mitigate them, and bring the species closer to the people of New Zealand.
Help us do more!
LATEST VIDEO
Homecoming – Part II
An aerial perspective of Erect-crested penguin rafting and landing at Orde Lees,
the largest penguin colony on the Antipodes Islands.
