International Whaling Commission repeats warnings on Māui and Hector’s dolphins
The International Whaling Commission’s (IWC’s) Scientific Committee has once again strongly criticised the scientific basis for dolphin protection in New Zealand….
Maui and Hector’s Dolphin Defenders
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New fisheries report out today proves bottom trawling kills Hector’s dolphins
The Hector’s dolphins Bycatch Reduction Annual Plan released today (17 April 2025), shows that recently introduced fishing management methods are…
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Māui And Hector’s Dolphin Threat Management Plan Unlawful, Unacceptable, Immoral: Dolphin Defenders – Maui and Hector’s Dolphin Defenders
Māui and Hector’s Dolphin Defenders is the only charity dedicated to the preservation, protection and recovery of New Zealand’s endemic…
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Local Dolphin Defenders’ port protest demands more Hector’s protection – Māui and Hector’s Dolphin Defenders
Grass-roots environmental charity Māui and Hector’s Dolphin Defenders today staged an energetic protest with locals, outside Nelson Port to highlight…
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Māui and Hector’s Dolphin Defenders take on US government for failing to uphold bycatch limits
Māui and Hector’s Dolphin Defenders has, on World Wildlife Conservation day, launched a lawsuit against the United States Government in…
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SailGP decision a win for Hector’s dolphins: Māui and Hector’s Dolphin Defenders
Hector’s dolphin advocates are celebrating SailGP’s decision to not race high speed foiling yachts in Hector’s dolphin Lyttelton harbour habitat,…
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SailGP Marine Mammal Management Plan A Farce That Puts ‘dollars Before Dolphins’: Dolphin Defenders – Maui and Hector’s Dolphin Defenders
The SailGP Marine Mammal Management Plan (MMMP) released late last week is a farce, say advocates. “Hector’s dolphins are in…
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Ban Trawling In Hector’s Habitat Say Dolphin Defenders, After Another Dolphin Death – Maui and Hector’s Dolphin Defenders
The second Otago Hector’s dolphin killed by the fishing industry this year, was reported today (December 12). The dolphin is…
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Hector’s Dolphin Litany Of Loss Shows More Action Urgently Needed: Advocates – Maui and Hector’s Dolphin Defenders
Dolphin advocates are calling for more action on Hector’s dolphins protection after the Department of Conservation’s latest incident update shows…
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Dolphin Defenders Call for Immediate Set Net Moratorium – Maui and Hector’s Dolphin Defenders
The killing of five Hector’s dolphins in a commercial fishing net north of Banks Peninsula earlier this year, is being…