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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.
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Another serious threat is the disease toxoplasmosis, spread through cat faeces and washed into the ocean. MĀUI63 believes that by identifying and locating individual dolphins, decisions can be made to protect them. Co-founder Dr Rochelle Constantine, who has been studying marine mammals for 25 years, says the dolphins are “our most urgent conservation problem”.
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MÄui are the world s rarest and smallest dolphin. “We currently don’t have a robust understanding about Māui dolphin distribution, particularly during winter months and at different times of the day and night,” she said. “Of critical importance for conservation, we don’t know how often dolphins use some areas that fishers are operating in, which is where there could be remaining risk of entanglement.”
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