Hoiho Resources

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Department of Conservation (DoC). Look in the blue government section at the front of your telephone book to find the DoC office nearest you, or check  www.doc.govt.nz/templates/page.aspx?id=38642

Forest and Bird. (see details bottom of page)

Penguin website www.penguin.net.nz Check out the 'links' page for more websites about penguins.

Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust www.yellow-eyedpenguin.org.nz  PO Box 5409, Dunedin.

Forest and Bird Magazine Articles

May 1985 - The Great Yellow-eyed Penguin Count.
Feb 1986 - Hoiho - Worlds Rarest Penguin (Photos).
May 1988 - Who Is Helping Hoiho?
August 1991 - Set net ban to save penguins.
Feb 1993 - Hoiho numbers on the increase.
May 1995 - Tragedy at Te Rere.
May 1996 - Penguin numbers tumbling & Penguins and environmental change.
Feb 1997 - Te Rere revisited.
Nov 1998 - More flax for Te Rere Penguins.
Nov 1999 - After the Fire (Te Rere).

Check your school and local libraries for copies of the Forest and Bird magazine.

Books

Dyptoe The Yellow-Eyed Penguin. By Mary Taylor. Published by Scholastic New Zealand Ltd, 1997.

Helping the Hoiho. By Dean Schneider. Published by Shortland Publications, 1995.

Penguins. By Barbara Todd. Published by Reed Publishing (NZ) Ltd. Find out about where penguins live, what they eat and the differences between them.

Penguin Parade. By Robert J Ollason. Published by Piccolo (First published 1992 by Pan Macmillan Children’s Books).

Saving New Zealand’s Endangered Birds. By Rod Morris and Hal Smith. Published by Random House New Zealand Ltd, 1995.

The Hoiho. New Zealand’s Yellow-Eyed Penguin. By Adele Vernon. Published by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1991.

The Penguin. By Barbara Todd. Published by Reed Publishing (NZ) Ltd. Did you know that seven types of Penguins live in NZ including the Blue Penguin?

The World of Penguins. By Chris Gaskin & Neville Peat. Published by Hodder & Stoughton, 1991.

Videos

Colony Z. Duration 30 mins. Private life of yellow-eyed penguins. Natural History New Zealand Ltd.  Contact sales@wildsouth.co.nz    www.naturalhistory.co.nz

Meet the real Penguins. Dressed for success. (55 mins) Exploring the diversity of penguins.  A Wild South video from Natural History New Zealand Ltd. Contact sales@wildsouth.co.nz    www.naturalhistory.co.nz 

Te Rere Reserve Tragedy. (Amateur video - 19 mins). Available for loan from Forest and Bird.

Yellow-Eyed Penguin. (12mins) Information of the life cycle and conservation of the Yellow-Eyed penguin. Yellow-Eyed Penguin Trust. PO Box 5409, Dunedin.   www.converge.org.nz/hoiho

Other Resources

Yellow-Eyed Penguin Education Kit. Yellow-Eyed Penguin Trust. Includes 17 posters, OHP, information pack (including feathers), brochures, puppet play and video. PO Box 5409, Dunedin.   www.converge.org.nz/hoiho

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