On heck of a big boy, Katiki proved to be a high-performance athlete in tawaki disguise...
March 27, 2020March 27, 2020
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Author: Site admin (Thomas Mattern)
March 26, 2020March 26, 2020
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Danny
Grey-bearded tawaki Danny keeps hitting honey pots of food...
March 25, 2020March 25, 2020
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Motley
Here's a repeat offender who moulted at Penguin Place (full catering!) the 2nd year in a row...
March 24, 2020March 24, 2020
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Sandy
The story of Sandy, the tawaki picked up from Sandy Point and helped through the moult at Penguin Place...
March 23, 2020March 23, 2020
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Roxie
Meet Roxie, the first of 18 tawaki fitted with satellite trackers to leave on her big winter journey...
March 21, 2020March 21, 2020
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Tawaki Winter Tracking 2020 – free for all
To make self-isolation due to Corvid-19 a bit more exciting, here's the tawaki tracking map...
February 21, 2020February 21, 2020
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Underground Winter Wonderland
In Doubtful Sound, moulting tawaki convert their underground colonies into winter wonderlands...
September 16, 2019September 16, 2019
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Doubtful Sound recce
We made it to Doubtful Sound/Patea to test the waters for the next phase of the Tawaki Project...
June 6, 2019June 6, 2019
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RNZ Podcast: Tawaki bust penguin swimming records
Thomas was featured on RNZ's 'Our Changing World' podcast...
September 15, 2018September 15, 2018
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Season start in Milford Sound
The Tawaki Project 2018 is underway! This time we kicked off fieldwork in Milford Sound. The fjord presented itself in all its mystical glory with mist clinging to its almost vertical mountain flanks. We came armed with four GPS dive loggers to put on female penguins. And as if a cruise through Milford Sound to...