2025/26 Expedition Report
The Tawaki Project’s Bounty-Antipodes Expedition 2025/26 ran from 25 November 2025 to 24 February 2026, taking the research team to two of New Zealand’s most remote subantarctic outposts – the Bounty Islands and Antipodes Island. Aboard the research vessel Evohe, the team conducted GPS tracking deployments on chick-rearing Erect-crested and Eastern Rockhopper penguins across multiple sites and breeding stages, completed comprehensive drone surveys of all known penguin colonies on Antipodes Island, and collected blood and feather samples from over 35 individuals. Satellite trackers were also deployed on Salvin’s albatross at the Bounty Islands in collaboration with the Department of Conservation’s Marine Threats unit.
The full expedition report — produced in magazine format and covering all aspects of the 2025/26 field season — is now available to read on ResearchGate.