15.01m long mother and calf right whale photographed from a drone. Photo by S. Dawson, taken under permit from Department of Conservation.
False Killer whale, a new species record for the Kermadec region. Image taken by Bob Atkinson
Tu Hononga (The Connection): The skeleton of this 17.8m long Sperm whale gifted to the nation by Te Kawerau a Maki forms the centre piece of the Whales Tohorä exhibition that has been touring North America since 2008
Cuvier's beaked whale stranded on mud flats near Auckland
Spectacled porpoise
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