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Voice of Tangaroa
March 27, 2024March 27, 2024
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Voice of Tangaroa

During the past two expeditions to the subantarctic islands, our team was joined by journalists from both Radio New Zealand and NZ Geographic. During the 2022 expedition, NZ Geographic publisher James Frankham and award winning photographer Richie Robinson documented our work on the Bounty Islands, while in January 2024, Claire Concannon came along when the...

Subantarctic expedition on air
February 15, 2024February 27, 2024
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Subantarctic expedition on air

The first episode of Radio New Zealand's coverage of the Tawaki Project's subantarctic expeditions 2023/24 is out...

TawakiCam-paign halfway there
August 8, 2023February 27, 2024
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TawakiCam-paign halfway there

Tawaki/Fiordland penguins are about to join the ranks of New Zealand wildlife that can be observed virtually in their natural habitat...

Crowdfunding TAWAKI.CAM
July 24, 2023July 25, 2023
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Crowdfunding TAWAKI.CAM

The Tawaki Project/Tawaki Trust has just launched a cord funding campaign that aims at establishing a live video feed from one of the Milford Sound/Piopiotahi tawaki colonies. We have teamed up with the Urban Wildlife Trust who have established several iconic live video streams such as the Royal Albatross cam and more recently the Kākāpō...

Tawaki on Netflix
May 15, 2023May 16, 2023
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Tawaki on Netflix

A year and a half after we helped filming, tawaki coming to Netflix in "Our Planet II" on 14 June 2023...

Bounty Expedition in NZ Geo
February 27, 2023May 15, 2023
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Bounty Expedition in NZ Geo

The feature article about the expedition to the subantarctic Bounty Islands is New Zealand Geographic...