Guide wins Michelle McCormack Award

24 Aug 2011

Mary LaurensonssMary Laurenson, great-great-granddaughter of Chief Korako Karetai who signed the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, and whose great-grandmother and grandmother were both born on Taiaroa Head, has won her first Award.

Each year DunedinHost presents the Michelle McCormack Award to a lively and enthusiastic person who has shown outstanding passion and energy in promoting tourism in and around Dunedin.

PhD Project in Progress - Parenting in Albatross

Wednesday, 11 April 2012

Hello there! My name is Junichi Sugishita (aka Jun) - originally from Japan. I have been employed at the Royal Albatross Centre as a guide since October 2009, and I am currently a first year PhD candidate in the Department of Zoology at University of Otago in Dunedin.
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Call for Nominations and Annual General Meeting

Thursday, 16 February 2012

Members of the Otago Peninsula Trust are advised that the 45th annual meeting will be held at 5.30 on Tuesday 27th March 2012 at Glenfalloch Chalet.
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Adolescent Albatross Visits Observatory

Thursday, 22 December 2011

Adolescent outside Observatory This morning an adolescent albatross landed in the colony and fell asleep within one metre of the side window of the Richdale Observatory at the Royal Albatross Centre.
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Another One Hits the Harbour

Monday, 26 September 2011

Another albatross chick fell into the Harbour this afternoon after launching itself from Taiaroa Head.
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First Albatross returns for 2011/12 season

Tuesday, 13 September 2011

Red-Orange-Blue (ROB) arrived back today, touching down exactly on the spot where he had previously bred.
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