A pop-up penguin hospital in Dunedin is closing today after saving 34 birds during the summer.
The temporary hospital was set up at Otago Polytechnic and funded by the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust so the birds could be treated in the region.
Sue Murray, manager of the trust, said it was better for the birds to go to a local treatment facility.
"We normally have to send injured yellow-eyed penguins to the North Island ... by having immediate treatment, we've been able to save more birds."
Wildlife vet Lisa Argilla treated 34 injured yellow-eyed penguins in the nine weeks the facility was open.