Our first serious venture into YouTube territory...
June 1, 2017June 1, 2017
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Author: Site admin (Thomas Mattern)
May 8, 2017May 8, 2017
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Poll: Why are penguins black and white?
What do you think the answer is?
March 21, 2017March 21, 2017
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Tawaki and the Peruvian floods
Bad news for Jackson Head tawaki: flooding in Peru may be the preamble for another El Niño
February 27, 2017February 27, 2017
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Moulting Milford
A visit to Harrison Covee to check how many of the penguins returned to their nest sites to moult.
January 31, 2017January 31, 2017
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Homecoming
In which we present first results from our satellite tracking of tawaki that finished breeding...
December 29, 2016December 29, 2016
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Penguins in outer space?
Apparently Milford Sound is out of this world... does that make tawaki Aliens?
December 24, 2016December 24, 2016
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Tawaki in New Zealand Geographic
The Tawaki Project is featured in the Januaray-February 2017 issue of NZ Geographic.
December 22, 2016December 22, 2016
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‘Penguins thriving in Milford Sound’
The Tawaki Project’s Fiordland season wrapped up in the current issue of the Advocate South (also known as Fiordland Advocate).
December 3, 2016December 3, 2016
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The laid-back fledgling
A freshly fledged tawaki chick on Stewart Island is in no hurry to eyplore the big blue.
December 1, 2016December 1, 2016
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Closing time
The 2016 tawaki breeding season is coming to a close. Along the north-east coast of Stewart Island, where tawaki tend to occupy every nook and cranny, few birds are still patrolling along the coastlines. Soon all of them will head off to fatten up for the annual moult in February. Where they go is still...