Safe harbour: How Christchurch is saving its penguin populations - SilverKris

"A coastal conservation landscape that has been transformed by decades of hands-on stewardship into the country’s largest mainland colony of little/white‑flippered penguins. The site now supports more than 1,260 breeding pairs, protected by hundreds of numbered wooden nest boxes, an extensive predator‑control network (about 225 traps) and regular monitoring of roughly 100 nests each summer. Managers also plant trees to provide shade for heat‑sensitive yellow‑eyed penguins, care for injured chicks, and use guided land and sea tours to fund the work. The bay’s turquoise waters, nearby sunning seals and nocturnal shore returns—with some adults walking over a kilometre uphill to feed their chicks—make it both an important wildlife refuge and a striking place to observe natural penguin behaviour." - Rebekah White