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NZAEE Seaweek Ocean Champion Challenge

February 12th 2021Seaweek 2021 is kicking off from Saturday 6 March to Sunday 14 March 2021. It highlights the importance and diversity of life in our marine environments and calls on Kiwis from all walks of life toRead more

Help us protect nesting shorebirds, penguins and petrels at the beach this summer

December 17th 2020Summer is here and no doubt you're planning to spend some time on our beautiful beaches over the holidays. The Western Bay is home to some really special native birds, Little Blue Penguins, GreyRead more

Love Mauao Clean Up

February 1st 2020A huge thank you to everyone that came out today to Love Mauao Clean Up - we really appreciate the effort! It was great to work together with Keep Tauranga Beautiful and Predator Free BOP to makeRead more

Little Blue Penguin Monitoring Research

January 2nd 2020Research by Karin Sievwright on Little Blue Penguins at Mount Maunganui Karin has a Bachelor of Science degree with a double major in Ecology and Zoology and has recently completed a Master’sRead more

Grey-faced Petrels hang in there on Mauao

December 27th 2019Last week in the petrel colony on Mauao, a small team with handling skills received a good Christmas bonus with four birds found – 3 chicks and an attending adult that had just fed a chick. The aduRead more

Planting for Penguins

December 24th 2019Thanks to all our wonderfully devoted community getting stuck in to this event run in conjunction with Tauranga City Council. The penguins and other wildlife will be enjoying a healthierRead more

Love is in the air

December 24th 2019Our penguin ranger and dedicated volunteers have been busy monitoring the penguins over the breeding season. While we are so excited to have eggs, rapidly growing chicks and some happily fledgedRead more

Oi it's an Oi Egg...Oi!

November 21st 2019The grey-faced petrel (Oi) colony have utilised their artificial burrows for laying, saving them a whole lot of digging! We hope to be meeting some chicks real soon! Recent work in the petrelRead more

Conservation Week tours full of bouncy penguins, squeaky petrels and cutie pie-d shags!

November 21st 2019Queen penguin inspired and educated our tour attendees on the Wildlife of Mauao! Our first night was full of petrels squeaking and flying overhead, the sea was a little rough and maxed highRead more

Penguin monitoring by microchip

June 27th 2018During the Rena incident, Trustees received training from Massey University’s Wildbase vets. We were kept upskilled during monitoring nights last summer.Read more

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