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A white-capped noddy (Anous minutus Boie, 1844) was seen in the afternoon of 3 April 1977 at the Taieri River Mouth, Otago. This is the 8th published record from New Zealand and the southernmost for the country (and the world). Correlation of timing with preceding weather patterns indicates that the bird came from Norfolk Island (and not the Kermadecs) and that it was wind-carried either during typhoon “Norman” which during 15–24 March swept southwards past Norfolk Island to western North Island or was caught in a strong southerly airstream passing Norfolk Island on 29 March and was carried south before an advancing cold front, making land-fall in Fiordland or coastal Southland.