The Canterbury White-flippered Penguin
The White-flippered penguin is one of the smallest and most endangered penguins in the world. It is endemic to Canterbury, New Zealand breeding only on Banks Peninsula and Motunau Island.
This web page is to ask you for your support for this small creature and to participate in the conservation activity of this incredible penguin!
Please join us to help save the White-flippered penguin.
News Update
January 2012
TRUSTEES MAKE TRIP TO MOTUNAU ISLAND
During November 2010 (before, during and after our earthquakes), the Trustees of the White-flippered Penguin Trust invited a camera crew from TV3 to visit the penguin colony on Motunau Island. With the blessing of DOC who accompanied us, we all witnessed the arrival and departure of thousands of birds and now have a library of wonderful photographs and TV footage. Motunau Island, off the coast of North Canterbury, is the main breeding colony for the White-flippered penguin.
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