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By Kenny Mah
Porpoise Bay is home to a small pod of rare Hector’s dolphins. Pictures by CK Lim
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THE CATLINS (New Zealand), May 6 There were seagulls screeching over our heads. A pair of oystercatchers resting on the beach, easily recognisable thanks to their black plumage and orange bills.
But our eyes were affixed on the crashing surf ahead, scanning for sleek shapes gliding through the water. We were looking for
dolphins.
Earlier that morning we had left Dunedin and driven south towards the Catlins, a rugged coastal region in the south-eastern edge of New Zealand’s South Island. The roads weaved before us. Sometimes we’d see the sea; sometimes we won’t.