25 Feb 2022

Mount Maunganui little blue penguin population declining

From Checkpoint, 5:54 pm on 25 February 2022

The population of little blue penguins along Mount Maunganui coastline is declining, with numbers worse now than after the Rena oil spill. Conservationists are urging more action to prevent the situation becoming dire. Leah Tebbutt with this report.

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