Penguins and Government
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Penguin check, seawall action and night road closures coming up in Evans Bay
- Wellington City Council
- Work to strengthen two seawalls around Evans Bay at Little Karaka Bay and Balaena Bay is getting under way – and will ramp up as soon as we get the all-clear there are no kororā (little blue penguins) living in the work zone.
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Balaena Bay, Roseneath, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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New solar lights chosen with penguins in mind
- Wellington City Council
- Solar lights with a penguin-friendly amber glow will be installed over the next few weeks to provide better visibility on the darkest stretch of Tahitai – the award-winning harbourside walking and bike route.
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No penguins were harmed in the making of this case – but only by luck
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- eNZoil (NZ) Ltd has been convicted and fined for discharging between 5000 and 6000 litres of refined transformer oil from their operation into the stormwater network and subsequently Seaview Marina.
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Daily checks help keep kororā safe
- Wellington City Council
- Every morning before work begins along Cobham Drive, workers check for kororā (little blue penguins) which could have taken refuge over night.
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Daily checks help keep kororā safe
- Wellington City Council
- Every morning before work begins along Cobham Drive, workers check for kororā (little blue penguins) which could have taken refuge over night.
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Cobham Drive, Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Cobham Drive protection work underway
- Wellington City Council
- Coastal protection work getting under way this week will help strengthen the most vulnerable section of Cobham Drive from erosion and storm damage – and provide more places for penguins to nest.
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Bird of the Year 2019 celebrates all things going cheep
- Wellington City Council
- Kiwis can egg-cercise their voting power with the Te Manu Rongonui o Te Tau/Bird of The Year 2019 now open – and we’re putting all our eggs in one basket, backing the kororā/little blue penguin.
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Little Blue Penguins Plucked and Toasted - Te Kopahou Two Years On
- Keith Johnson
- PENGUINS GIVEN THE BIRDBack on March 1, 2010 I ran a story with the title ‘Te Kopahou (Red Rocks) Reserve - Experts take on Penguins’ about the battle that was then raging in the Environment Court here in Wellington about an application by the Wellington City Council to rezone for residential use some land at the entrance to the Nature Reserve.
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178 Owhiro Bay Parade
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