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Kōrero: Penguins

Little penguin

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Little penguin

The little penguin is the smallest in the world at 1 kilogram. By contrast, the largest male emperor penguins can weigh 38 kilograms or more. This little penguin is on Kāpiti Island, where some climb to nests hundreds of metres above sea level.

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by Mike Aviss

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Lloyd Spencer Davis, Penguins – Little and yellow-eyed penguins, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/6400/little-penguin (accessed 4 June 2026).

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