Keeping up with the kororā
Bringing you the latest goss on all things penguins, conservation, and research – directly from our penguin experts.
2025 End of season round up!
After a long and incredibly successful year, we’ve officially wrapped up the 2025 season - and what a season it’s been! With a record-breaking 644 chicks fledged from our tourist colony, and 994 in total across the two colonies we manage, this year will certainly go down in the history books. To celebrate, we thought we’d do something a little different… welcome to our Penguin Awards 2025!
Storms, sediment and penguins
What do storms and soil erosion have to do with penguins?
2025 breeding season begins early
The 2025 penguin breeding season had a record-breaking start.
2024 season update
That is a wrap for the 2024-25 season here in Ōamaru! After a slow start to the season due to challenging sea conditions, the 224 breeding pairs of penguins successfully fledged 395 chicks in total.
Our penguin monitoring programme
If you've ever wondered what a monitoring day might involve for our team, take a read of our monitoring blog!
Why little penguins wear blue?!
Check out this blog to learn about what makes the little penguins' feathers blue!