Dunedin: Discover Little Blue Penguins in a Magical Setting
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Discover the Little Blue Penguin
Discover the Little Blue Penguin at Dunedin in a magical setting.
Love penguins? Discover Kororā, the Little Blue Penguin, the world's smallest penguin, in their natural habitat - scurrying up to their cliff-face burrows at Pilots Beach on the Otago Peninsula., Dunedin, in a magical setting.
Enjoy seeing blue penguins arrive in an magical wildlife setting.
BOOKING HERE ➡️ https://www.bluepenguins.co.nz/
Guarantee to see penguins !
Come to Pukekura, a haven for penguins. On tour your guide will share stories about Kororā, the Little Blue Penguin, the world's smallest penguin. You'll be guided down to the beach to a viewing platform to see them in their natural habitat as they arrive home. Blue Penguins Pukeura is a conservation project between the Korako Karetai whanau and Otago Peninsula Trust - funds raised go to penguin care.
Access to Pilots Beach reserve penguins at dusk is only when on a guided tour. Max 90 people, so make sure you book. Photos allowed - no flash.
Kororā | About little penguins
The Little Penguin is known in Māori as kororā and is a Tāoka (Treasured) Species for Kai Tahu. Little Penguins are sometimes called blue penguins or little blue penguins.
The kororā, (Little Blue Penguin) found here at Takiharuru-Pilots Beach are native to New Zealand and Southern Australia.
Kororā are the world's smallest penguin, standing at about 30 cm in height. Being small they have adapted their behaviour to return to land from sea only at dusk to avoid some of their natural predators.
These little penguins weigh around one kilo on average.
kororā/little penguins live for an average of around seven years, but the oldest recorded was 25 years.
Breeding for little penguins starts at around 2 years of age.
Nesting underground, both birds share the incubation (usually 2 eggs) and raising of the chicks. At Takiharuru, the Pukekura Trust has installed several hundred nest boxes that the penguins are happy to use for nesting. Penguins are capable of digging their own burrows to nest in also.
The numbers living in New Zealand are in decline except in areas where they have greater protection.
Takiharuru-Pilots Beach is one of the main kororā breeding areas in mainland Otago. Their population has dramatically increased from 20 pairs in the early 1990s to over 250 pairs currently. This increasing population of penguins is largely due to increased protection of the birds by the local whanau (families) and the Pukekura Trust.
Hītori | History
For Manawhenua (people of the land), Takiharuru (Pilots Beach) is a sacred and special place (wāhi tapu, wāhi tāoka). Chief Karetai, local paramount chief and signatory to the Treaty of Waitangi, lived out his final years on the headland overlooking the beach. The descendants of Karetai maintain a strong whakapapa link to this whenua (land).
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Love penguins? Discover Kororā, the Little Blue Penguin, the world's smallest penguin, in their natural habitat - scurrying up to their cliff-face burrows at Pilots Beach on the Otago Peninsula., Dunedin, in a magical setting.
Enjoy seeing blue penguins arrive in an magical wildlife setting.
BOOKING HERE ➡️ https://www.bluepenguins.co.nz/
Guarantee to see penguins !
Come to Pukekura, a haven for penguins. On tour your guide will share stories about Kororā, the Little Blue Penguin, the world's smallest penguin. You'll be guided down to the beach to a viewing platform to see them in their natural habitat as they arrive home. Blue Penguins Pukeura is a conservation project between the Korako Karetai whanau and Otago Peninsula Trust - funds raised go to penguin care.
Access to Pilots Beach reserve penguins at dusk is only when on a guided tour. Max 90 people, so make sure you book. Photos allowed - no flash.
Kororā | About little penguins
The Little Penguin is known in Māori as kororā and is a Tāoka (Treasured) Species for Kai Tahu. Little Penguins are sometimes called blue penguins or little blue penguins.
The kororā, (Little Blue Penguin) found here at Takiharuru-Pilots Beach are native to New Zealand and Southern Australia.
Kororā are the world's smallest penguin, standing at about 30 cm in height. Being small they have adapted their behaviour to return to land from sea only at dusk to avoid some of their natural predators.
These little penguins weigh around one kilo on average.
kororā/little penguins live for an average of around seven years, but the oldest recorded was 25 years.
Breeding for little penguins starts at around 2 years of age.
Nesting underground, both birds share the incubation (usually 2 eggs) and raising of the chicks. At Takiharuru, the Pukekura Trust has installed several hundred nest boxes that the penguins are happy to use for nesting. Penguins are capable of digging their own burrows to nest in also.
The numbers living in New Zealand are in decline except in areas where they have greater protection.
Takiharuru-Pilots Beach is one of the main kororā breeding areas in mainland Otago. Their population has dramatically increased from 20 pairs in the early 1990s to over 250 pairs currently. This increasing population of penguins is largely due to increased protection of the birds by the local whanau (families) and the Pukekura Trust.
Hītori | History
For Manawhenua (people of the land), Takiharuru (Pilots Beach) is a sacred and special place (wāhi tapu, wāhi tāoka). Chief Karetai, local paramount chief and signatory to the Treaty of Waitangi, lived out his final years on the headland overlooking the beach. The descendants of Karetai maintain a strong whakapapa link to this whenua (land).
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