17 September 2024 - Rare smelly penguin wins Bird of the Year in New Zealand
Rare smelly penguin wins New Zealand bird of the year contest
Eva Corlett (The Guardian, 16/09/2024)
One of the world’s rarest penguins has been crowned New Zealand’s bird of the year, in an unusually sedate year for the competition, free from the foreign interference and voting scandals of previous events.
Rare shy penguin wins NZ bird of the year
Yvette Tan (BBC News, 16/09/2024)
A shy yellow-eyed penguin has come out on top of one of New Zealand's most contested competitions to win Bird of the Year.
Make some noise for hoiho, your Bird of the Year 2024
(Forest and Bird, 16/09/2024)
Hoiho, securing a decisive victory with 6,328 votes, wears the coveted crown atop its golden head for the second time. It previously won in 2019.
The NZ Bird of the Year 2024 has been decided thanks to a bunch of passionate Dunedin locals
Sophie Van Soest (MoreFM, 16/09/2024)
The Te Manu Rongonui o Te Tau Bird of the Year 2024 has been announced and Dunedin locals are stoked!