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Penguin habitat on Waiheke Island could be destroyed for marina plans 10 Apr, 2021 04:56 AM 3 minutes to read Waiheke Island locals fear for the future of a penguin colony which will need to go in the face of a controversial marina development. Photo / File Waiheke Island locals fear for the future of a penguin colony which will need to go in the face of a controversial marina development. Photo / File NZ Herald Fears the home of a little blue penguin colony on Waiheke Island could be a victim of a controversial development have infuriated some island locals. It comes after a fight against ma...

JASON DORDAY/Stuff Protesters have lined the walkways surrounding the occupation with placards. On Wednesday, 30 days since the construction barge arrived at the bay and the protectors moved in, workers erected fences above the breakwater. It was one of the first visible signs of construction since the first week, when two piles were driven into the seabed. Emily Māia Weiss (Ngāti Pāoa) has been on the beach since day one. She heads up Protect Kennedy Point, a movement that brings together supporters from Ngāti Pāoa, Save Kennedy Point (SKP), Waiheke's Piritahi Marae, environmental gr...

Luke Douglas University of Maine graduate students Luke Douglas and Carl Pohlman have been awarded the 2021 Garden Club of America Frances M. Peacock Scholarship for Native Bird Habitat. The scholarship awards will help support field research activities this summer.  The students are the only recipients of the competitive, nationwide scholarship this year. Only one other University of Maine student, Meaghan Conway, who received her Ph.D. under the advisement of Brian Olsen, received the award in 2016. Douglas is an M.S. in forest resources student from Barrington, Rhode Island advised by Amb...