Baby Yellow Eyed Penguin

One of the rarest and endangered species of penguins, we were able to wander around the field as they returned from a day of feeding to return to their burrows for the evening. Many of the young have already moved out to sea, but this one is still carrying some of his baby fluff. and waiting for parents to return to regurgitate a meal for him. (Yuk!!!)

Oamaru and wandering with animals...

February 9th 2009
So this weekend I had four days off...well not exactly, the first was post call and I was actually called back into the hospital at 5 AM for a Ceasar (thanks, Dave for the correction in spelling, still sounds like seezer when the Kiwis say it), got home a wee bit past 7, got called back around 7:25 for a Class 1 incoming to the ER. Turned out to be a 14 year old with a catastrophic vascular inter ... read more

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more

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