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New Zealand Closes Down Road for One Month to Allow Sea Lion to Care for Newborn Pup People 1/20/2021
Some New Zealander s may have to reroute while driving down John Wilson Drive.
Last week, the Dunedin City Council announced that they would be closing down a segment of the road, located in between the Dunedin golf course and the Pacific Ocean, as a sea lion had given birth to her pup nearby. We ve closed John Wilson Ocean Drive to vehicles for the next month to allow some special residents to use the road safely, the city council wrote on Facebook. A New Zealand sea lion and her pup have taken up residence at the golf course next door and are regularly crossing the road to get to the beach.
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Hiriwa was first spotted nearly two weeks ago, nestled in a bush alongside the 13th hole with her newborn. The DoC said they expect that she will be making trips to the ocean to feed, which will require her to cross John Wilson Ocean Drive.
The city council approved their request to close the street for a month, giving the new mother enough time to care for the pup before they return to the ocean.