Ōwhiro Bay is lucky to have some very special visitors: kororā, or little blue penguins. At around 30cm tall, they’re the smallest penguin species in the world – and they’re right here on our coastline.

Kororā have been spotted coming ashore around the bay, with their distinctive, rather loud calls often heard at dawn and dusk. A breeding pair was even discovered nesting in a garden along The Parade a few years ago!