Fairy penguins, little blue penguins, Korora, are really, well, little. They are the smallest penguin in the world, standing not much more than 10 inches tall (25 cm) with beautiful blue feathers and a white breast. They nest in abandoned rabbit burrows at Katiki Point which saves them the trouble of digging a burrow themselves.
Little blue penguins are occasional visitors to the penguin hospital but their international conservation status is “of least concern”. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t care about the little blue penguins in Oamaru and elsewhere who must cross roads to get to their nesting area. Because they return to their nests after dark and freeze in headlights they are often hit by cars. Here’s a story from Forest & Bird about Juan Carlos, a little blue penguin in Wellington, who was sorely missed after it was killed by a car while crossing the road.
Little blues leave their nests at dawn and return after dusk, which makes them tricky to photograph without a flash (ahem, this should be the rule when photographing penguins) but this one had been recovering in the penguin hospital and was about to be released.
Penguin Hospital 
How do the Little blue penguins make their burrows?
Little blue penguins dig burrows with their feet and flippers. At Katiki Point they are lazy and smart because they use old rabbit burrows instead.
Miss L
I like little blue penguins
I do too. But interestingly enough they are not as easy to care for as the yellow-eyed penguins when they get sick because they are more aggressive and snap and bite more.
Miss L
Hi!
I am a massive penguin lover I love blue penguin’s
and do penguin’s eat anything
other than fish.
I am a massive penguin lover also!
Penguins eat squid, krill and fish. Krill are tiny creatures that look like shrimp. Giant baleen whales eat krill as do many other mammals and birds that feed in the ocean.
Miss L