I saw dog prints off the leash on the beach between arawoa hut and awaroa lodge. In front of the batches. I would imagine dogs off the leash are not allowed around all the oyster catchers?
We saw a dead blue penguin on a beach just abpve the main mutton cove beach. We also saw a dead blue penguin on a beach just above anapai the next day. The penguins were untouched and with the driftwood. But looked freshly dead. Not sure they were blue penguins but very tiny and looked similar.
There’s a burrow here with what looked like a bird in it. It was so noisy and I have a video but I could only attach a photo. It sounded like a recording and made the noises constantly.