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Dead little blue penguins keep washing ashore in New Zealand

The bodies of hundreds of little blue penguins have washed up on the beaches of New Zealand's northern coast in recent weeks, according to conservationists, who fear climate change is starving the birds to death.

The kororā, also known as little blue penguins, are native to New Zealand but are "at-risk" of declining. They face predatory threats from dogs and ferrets but are also susceptible to road deaths and coastal developments.