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...
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Marathon press – tawaki everywhere!
The story of the tawaki marathon journeys has made a splash in the media...
Marathon penguins published
Giselle Clarkson sums up a lengthy scientific paper describing results from our 1st satellite tracking study nicely...
Satellite tracker deployment in Harrison Cove
Back in Milford Sound to deploy satellite transmitters on tawaki that have just completed the moult...
Where do moulting tawaki belong?
Why finding tawaki on any South Island beach can be perfectly normal...
Going back to Whenua Hou soon
A few thoughts on the upcoming final stage of the 2017/18 field season...
The tawaki pre-moult journey
In which we discuss the amazing journeys tawaki undertake once the breeding business has been concluded...
Field work 2017, Day 18
A day dominated by fruitless efforts to recover loggers from penguins that have been out for several days...
Field work 2017, Day 12
A touristy start to the day, followed by three logger deployments and a fascinating underwater late night show...








