
In October 2023, DOC staff were alerted to a sighting of an adult female Hector’s dolphin, accompanied
by a juvenile, in the Firth of Thames near Te Kouma.
Photo: SUPPLIED/DOC
Dolphin study aids species understanding
Analysis of a tissue sample taken from a Hector’s dolphin spotted off the coast of Thames-Coromandel has aided understanding of the species and confirmed where the animals came from, the…