There's a few places they're around on the south coast of Australia and also the the coast of New Zealand, however those are fairy/little penguins [1] which are the smallest species (30cm/12in), whereas the article is referring emporer penguins [2] which are the largest (100cm/39in) and live much much further south.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_penguin

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_penguin