Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 23/08/2026The cost to fund this is 0.017% of the cost of tax cuts to landlords. 140
Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 23/08/2026"Back then, the bones found in penguin spew showed the birds ate a varied diet of squid and small fish, including red cod, blue cod, āhuru, and opalfish. The new study showed the hoiho diet is now dominated by blue cod, and that many of those other fish, once common, are now gone."nzgeo.comHoiho need to eat betterA study of penguin poo suggests Otago’s declining hoiho population are struggling to find food in their hunting grounds off the South Island coast. University of Otago PhD student Melanie Young colle... 163
Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 23/08/2026"A major change in diet has occurred over the last 30 years. In the 1980s hoiho fed largely on small oily fish species such as sprat, immature red cod and āhuru. Now, on the mainland, blue cod seems to make up the majority of their diet." yellow-eyedpenguin.org.nz/collections/...yellow-eyedpenguin.org.nzYellow-eyed Penguin Trust - Dunedin, New ZealandThe Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust is a New Zealand authority on yellow-eyed penguins / hoiho and their conservation across their geographic range. 252
