What we do
Services
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Providing habitat
Pōhatu/Flea bay has been a working farm since 1843, penguins and farm animals like sheep have been co-existing ever since.
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Penguin rehabilitation
Pōhatu Penguin Rehab.
Sometimes penguins need a bit of a helping hand, sick, injured or malnourished penguins may end up in our Rehabilitation center. With tender loving care penguins are rehabilitated and released back into the wild.
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Monitoring of a subset of the colony
A weekly monitoring of a sub-section of the colony allows us to better understand population trend and key demographic parameters.
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Tracking at sea
While kororā rely on the marine ecosystem for food, their at-sea behaviour and how they interact with the unique environment off the coast of Banks Peninsula and Canterbury is poorly understood.
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Trapping
Without taking out introduced predators, penguins would not have stood a chance to survive.
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Farming
Farming in a way that allows biodiversity to thrive
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Horomaka Kororā 2020/2022
It all started over winter when some of us sat down with the realisation that tourism was going to be low this coming year.
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Surveying the colony
Every year we monitor the same subset of the penguin colony and every 4 years the whole colony.
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Education and awareness
Pōhatu Penguins eco-tours started in 2001 to answer a need to allow the public to view penguins in the wild with the least disturbance.
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Supporting research
By monitoring nests, we are collecting observations about the penguins but also any other clues such as poo, parasites, predation marks, etc.
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On-going work and future projects
On-going and future projects
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Our funders and partners
We wish to thank all of our funders and partners. Without their contributions, time and energy - much of what we do would not be possible.
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Vlog
Get an insight in videos into the necessary conservation work that is happening at Flea bay to protect the Little penguins.
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An introductory video about the importance that marine birds play in our marine environment, and the importance of research allowing us to understand their behaviours and marine habitat use to better protect them.
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To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Akaroa Marine Reserve and the 25th anniversary of the Pōhatu Marine Reserve, key stakeholders gathered on the 10th of March during Sea-week 2024 to commemorate these achievements for New Zealand marine wildlife. |
Hear from Dr Rachel Hickcox about the importance of monitoring a penguin colony. |
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Discover the ins and outs of our Adopt a penguin program
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