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Chris Casey works with New Zealand’s appalling drowning numbers - and in 2021 the data scientist almost became one, after an afternoon kayaking trip on...
Wellington had dawned bluebird bright and brilliant as I made my way to Queen’s Wharf to catch an East by West ferry to Matiu/Somes Island. Diamonds of lig
Little Blue Penguin in it's nesting box in Wellington. Photo: Supplied After a what was a successful nesting season, 66 baby penguins from Matiu / Somes Island died of starvation during a horror couple of weeks in November. The season ended with a total loss of 82 chicks, 35 percent of the babies hatched this year. Matiu / Somes is a predator-free Island in the heart of Wellington Harbour, and home to a usually thriving colony of Little Blue Penguins, or kororā. But this season, it was a different story. Penguin expert, and advocate - Mike Rumble surveys the island every two weeks with a te...