'Aren't you cute!' - Bluff man makes friends with adorable penguin on walkabout in local street

December 19, 2017

A little rockhopper penguin caused quite a scene on a Bluff road earlier this month when it wandered around on the sidewalk.

The bird was filmed walking right up to local Rodney Clark whose wife Dee Clark filmed the encounter on December 4.

Mr Clark can be heard joking about the bird, saying "everybody around here's got one".

Dee Clark says "aren't you cute" at the beginning of the video.

A video of the encounter was shared on Tourism New Zealand's Facebook page on December 17 of the encounter, and it has proven very popular - racking nearly 600,000 views since then.

Rockhopper penguins are often seen on the footpath in Bluff and are a native species to New Zealand.

They are considered to be vulnerable by conservationists.

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