Te Tautiaki Hoiho Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust general manager Anna Campbell (left) and programme co-ordinator-researcher Wenna Yeo are hoping the endangered seabird’s outlook improves amid a wave of support for the species in Dunedin, as the trust’s annual symposium brings together about 80 experts and advocates at Tūhura Otago Museum today.
"We’re going to be addressing gaps in resourcing, we’re going to be addressing advocacy, what we can be doing with technology, research, how all of the stakeholders can best tackle the season ahead with compounding factors at sea."
Mrs Campbell said this year’s symposium would be different from years past as it took on a "workshop" format.
PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON
Conservationists knew if people addressed "what’s going on at sea ... we could possibly be turning things around," she said. "We know that hoiho are taonga, and we have a duty of care to protect them."
