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22<br />
NOVEMBER 2016<br />
DUNEDIN/PENINSULA<br />
Blue Penguins in Pukekura<br />
Cruising on the Otago Harbour<br />
You may not be able to soar like<br />
an albatross over Taiaroa Head,<br />
but a trip with Dunedin’s Monarch<br />
Cruises will get you close to the real<br />
thing! Enjoy the best that the Otago<br />
Peninsula and coast have to offer<br />
with this multi award-winning tourism<br />
company.<br />
Not only will you see the mighty<br />
Northern Royal Albatross and<br />
New Zealand fur seal colonies,<br />
but experienced guides will<br />
identify other species nesting and<br />
feeding there – wading birds, other<br />
albatrosses, petrels, maybe even<br />
penguins, sea-lions and dolphins.<br />
Join a short wildlife cruise if you<br />
are already out on the peninsula,<br />
or relax and take one of Monarch’s<br />
popular longer tour options from the<br />
city. These can include visits to the<br />
Unique hand made ceramic hens are prize<br />
winners with universal appeal and magic.<br />
Catch one<br />
at Portobello!<br />
www.happyhens.co.nz<br />
ph: 03 478 0111<br />
Albatross Centre, Larnach Castle<br />
and Penguin Place.<br />
You can also take a new<br />
Sundowner Package from mid<br />
afternoon – including wildlife cruise,<br />
albatross tour, dinner at Albatross<br />
Café and viewing Little Blue<br />
Penguins coming ashore after dark<br />
before being taken back to the city.<br />
Complimentary transfers and<br />
refreshments are included for<br />
half day and full day options,<br />
while interactive commentaries,<br />
complimentary jackets and<br />
binoculars are also provided.<br />
For further information phone 0800<br />
666 272, visit Monarch Cruises at<br />
20 Fryatt St Dunedin and at Wellers<br />
Rock Wharf on the Otago Peninsula<br />
or contact monarch@wildlife.co.nz<br />
or visit www.wildlife.co.nz<br />
Discover Korora<br />
The Little Blue Penguin, the world’s<br />
smallest penguin, in its natural habitat<br />
on the Otago Peninsula.<br />
Bookings can be made at the Royal<br />
Albatross Centre or online.<br />
Open 7 Days | Bookings Recommended<br />
Tours Begin at Sunset<br />
<strong>02</strong>7 273 6484<br />
bluepenguins.co.nz<br />
Everyone loves penguins! Discover<br />
Korora, Little Blue Penguins, the<br />
world’s smallest penguins in their<br />
natural habitat on the picturesque<br />
Otago Peninsula. See them<br />
scurry home to their cliff<br />
side burrows at the<br />
end of the day.<br />
Great viewing is<br />
enjoyed when<br />
you visit<br />
the colony<br />
of shy,<br />
but noisy,<br />
little blue<br />
penguins<br />
in their own<br />
world at Pilots<br />
Beach.<br />
A purpose built<br />
observation platform<br />
and boardwalk at the<br />
beach provide the most natural<br />
way to view the little penguins<br />
without disturbing them. Visiting<br />
the penguins is a delightful mustdo<br />
attraction when in Dunedin, the<br />
wildlife capital of New Zealand.<br />
Blue Penguins Pukekura is<br />
operated as a conservation<br />
kaitiakitanga partnership between<br />
the Royal Albatross Centre, the<br />
Otago Peninsula Trust and the<br />
Happy Hens have become<br />
distinctive Dunedin icons since<br />
Yvonne Sutherland made her first<br />
appealing designs in 1984 and<br />
showcased them internationally at<br />
Dunedin’s sister city in Japan.<br />
Visitors to the studio at Portobello<br />
can see the creative process with the<br />
hand painting of each hen. Most of<br />
the designs represent different breeds<br />
of hens, which are stylized to fit the<br />
characteristic Happy Hen shape.<br />
Happy Hens are the collectables of<br />
today and the antiques of tomorrow.<br />
For those passionate about these<br />
unique hand made which exude their<br />
own personalities there is a Happy<br />
Happy Hens<br />
Pukekura Trust.<br />
The increased financial support<br />
from visitors to the area has<br />
provided the penguin population<br />
with the chance to flourish thanks<br />
to the increased level of<br />
predator control and<br />
the construction of<br />
nest-boxes required<br />
to successfully<br />
raise their young<br />
free from harm.<br />
Penguin<br />
numbers have<br />
dramatically<br />
increased<br />
to over 200<br />
breeding pairs<br />
thanks to the hard<br />
work of all of the<br />
stakeholders involved in<br />
the Blue Penguins Pukekura<br />
project.<br />
Tours begin every evening at<br />
dusk from the Royal Albatross<br />
Centre and last for approximately<br />
75 minutes.<br />
There is a souvenir shop and<br />
café on site. Reservations are<br />
recommended as the tour fills fast.<br />
Please visit www.bluepenguins.<br />
co.nz for further information.<br />
Hens Collectors Club.<br />
There are many repeat visitors<br />
and some families are now third<br />
generation collectors. “We even<br />
created a special red and black<br />
hen following the Christchurch<br />
earthquake and many Christchurch<br />
residents asked for replacements<br />
after their breakages, saying they<br />
couldn’t live without their Happy<br />
Hens!<br />
A variety of Happy Hen products<br />
including tableware, kitchen linen<br />
and greeting cards are available<br />
at the Portobello premises, or<br />
alternatively can be purchased<br />
online. For further information visit<br />
www.happyhens.co.nz<br />
Your only chance to see ...<br />
... the world’s only mainland breeding colony of<br />
Royal Albatross. Located on the Otago Peninsula, only a<br />
short drive from Dunedin.<br />
Guided tours, cafe and souvenir shop<br />
Bookings freephone<br />
0800 528 767<br />
www.albatross.org.nz
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