Welcome to home of the smallest and rarest dolphin on earth!
Hector's dolphin in Akaroa harbour.
Hector’s dolphins and their close relative the Maui’s dolphin live only in New Zealand and are both the smallest and rarest marine dolphins on earth. Entanglement in gill and trawl nets has devastated Hector’s and Maui’s dolphins to near extinction. Unless things change, Hector’s and Maui’s dolphins will become extinct.
Like the Kiwi, of which there are some 70,000, Hector’s and Maui’s dolphins are a national treasure, which New Zealand safeguards on behalf of the world. China's Yangtze River dolphin was officially declared extinct in 2007. It was the first dolphin species to be driven from our planet by human activity. Now, New Zealand, a country that lives by its unspoilt environmental reputation, is on course to let the first marine cetacean die out.
Our goal is to achieve a ban on all gillnet and trawl fisheries throughout the dolphins' range so the species has a chance to recover. Read more ..
Like the Kiwi, of which there are some 70,000, Hector’s and Maui’s dolphins are a national treasure, which New Zealand safeguards on behalf of the world. China's Yangtze River dolphin was officially declared extinct in 2007. It was the first dolphin species to be driven from our planet by human activity. Now, New Zealand, a country that lives by its unspoilt environmental reputation, is on course to let the first marine cetacean die out.
Our goal is to achieve a ban on all gillnet and trawl fisheries throughout the dolphins' range so the species has a chance to recover. Read more ..
