NZ Whales

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