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Kōrero: Penguins

Penguin pelts

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Penguin pelts

Like seals, penguins were harvested for their oil and pelts during the 19th century. This large pile of rolled skins was apparently left behind on the Antipodes Islands, to be rediscovered in 1978.

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Department of Conservation

Reference: 10047035

by J. L. Kendrick

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Lloyd Spencer Davis, Penguins – Conservation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/6391/penguin-pelts (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Lloyd Spencer Davis, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.