Sea Shepherd Lawsuit Succeeds in Protecting Māui Dolphins
Court of International Trade bans import of fish from certain New Zealand fisheries to protect the…
Browsing: Maui Dolphins
Camera trial to track seabird by-catch in Hauraki Gulf enters third year
A collaboration between the fishing industry, government, iwi, and environmental groups – today announced that…
International Governments and European Union call on New Zealand to protect Māui dolphins
At the recent International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting, governments highlighted the plight of Māui dolphins,…
Death of critically-endangered Māui dolphin highlights urgent need for more protection
WWF-New Zealand says that today’s announcement that a Māui dolphin was found dead near Raglan…
The EPA has sold the health of the marine environment for profit
WWF-New Zealand is really disappointed by today’s Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) decision to approve seabed mining in the habitat of New Zealand’s critically endangered Māui dolphins.
The EPA has sold the health of the marine environment for profit
WWF-New Zealand is really disappointed by today’s Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) decision to approve seabed…
Scientists endorse WWF call for action to save Māui dolphins
For the fifth year in a row, leading international scientists have urged the New Zealand government to remove set netting (also called gillnetting) and conventional trawling from Māui dolphin habitat, to save the world’s smallest and rarest marine dolphin from extinction.
Scientists endorse WWF call for action to save Māui dolphins
For the fifth year in a row, leading international scientists have urged the New Zealand…
Māui Dolphin Challenge Launches
Today, WWF-New Zealand officially launched the Māui Dolphin Challenge, a fundraising campaign to save one of New Zealand’s most endangered and beloved animals. The campaign challenges New Zealanders to fundraise by pledging to do something involving the number 63. Whether it’s walking 63 kilometres or picking up 63 kilograms of rubbish, people across the country are already signing up to take part in creative fundraising challenges.
Māui Dolphin Challenge Launches
What would you do to save the last 63 Māui dolphins? Today, WWF-New Zealand officially…
New poll reveals Nathan Guy out of step with public opinion on dolphin protection
An opinion poll published today shows the Minister for Primary Industries, Hon. Nathan Guy MP, is out of step with public opinion on protecting the critically endangered Māui dolphin, said WWF-New Zealand.
Acoustic Monitoring of Māui Dolphins a Success
Māui’s dolphin, a subspecies of Hector’s dolphin found off the west coast of the North Island, is the rarest marine dolphin and has approximately just 63 individuals remaining in the wild. This critically endangered dolphin needs all the help it can get to recover from fisheries bycatch.
Can you identify a Maui dolphin?
Nikki Fothergill is a Project Jonah Marine Mammal Medic who is studying for a Diploma in Marine Studies at the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic in Tauranga. For her second-year project she surveyed the New Zealand public to measure the level of awareness of Māui dolphins and their plight.