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Remote-tracking technology has revealed the winter whereabouts of two of our largest seabirds.
In brief: Tracking a winter wayfarer
Every April, 100,000 rockhopper penguins simply disappear. Nobody knows where they go, but NIWA means to find out. Dr David Thompson will lead a trip to subantarctic Campbell Island in April next year to fit miniature geolocating data loggers to around 80 of the penguins before they vanish for the winter.
Fifth International Albatross and Petrel Conference
13 August 2012 to 17 August 2012
NIWA is sponsoring the fifth International Albatross and Petrel conference (IAPC 5).
Following previous conferences in Hobart, Australia (1995), Hawaii, USA (2000), Montevideo, Uruguay (2004) and Cape Town, South Africa (2008), IAPC5 will be held in Wellington, New Zealand in 2012.
The conference will cover all aspects of albatross and petrel biology, ecology, distributions and tracking, taxonomy and human interactions.
Association of Women in the Sciences
28 July 2011 to 29 July 2011
NIWA is sponsoring the Association of Women in the Sciences (AWIS) conference being held in Auckland.
For more information about the conference see AWIS conference website