Protesters say five Maui's dolphins die due to human activities each year. Photo: RNZ
About 100 activists have staged what they call a "funeral procession" through central Wellington to protest a lack of Government protection for Maui's dolphins.
Carrying makeshift cardboard dolphin caskets, they marched from Civic Square to Parliament saying the measures introduced last week by the Government, including extending a set-net ban on the North Island's West Coast, are inadequate to protect the remaining few dolphins.
Organiser Christine Rose says the species can cope with only one death every 10 to 23 years, but about five Maui's dolphins die due to human activities each year.
