# Penguins go bush

An episode of [Saturday Morning](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/175135787), 23 Oct 2026, 18 min.

Audio: https://flex.acast.com/podcast.radionz.co.nz/sat/sat-20261024-0930-penguins_go_bush-128.mp3

Around the world most people imagine penguins on icebergs and icy plains, while here in Aotearoa we're more likely to see the Little Blue paddling in through the waves and nesting on our bountiful rocky shores. But the elusive Fiordland penguin or tawaki much prefers the living deep in the green over the blue, burrowing under the native trees. Dr Thomas Mattern stopped by for a chat after days out tracking these amazing manu.

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