A sanctuary for endangered penguins

Napier Port’s new Number 6 Wharf (Te Whiti), has attracted attention not only through being one of New Zealand’s largest pieces of privately-funded infrastructure in a decade, but because of its environmental initiatives – particularly for the protection of Little Blue Penguins.

A Little Blue Penguin staking claim to a nesting box painted as a fire brigade station

Napier Port’s new Number 6 Wharf (Te Whiti), has attracted attention not only through being one of New Zealand’s largest pieces of privately-funded infrastructure in a decade, but because of its environmental initiatives – particularly for the protection of Little Blue Penguins.