'Sudden increase' in blue whales spotted in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf

Actually, they were obliged by law to cancel the fireworks.Ref: Marine Mammals Protection Regulations 1992. Part 3, 19 H.

Firstly, its not a competition.Secondly, youre actually wrong:Southern Right Whale conservation status: Least Concern.Blue Whale conservation status: EndangeredPygmy Blue Whale conservation status: Data Deficient - IE: Unknown how many are alive.

More whales, more seals seen in the Thames... maybe things are getting a little better?? Now if we can just resist the urge to treat the sea as a rubbish dump....

We were extemely fortunate to have a whale in Wellington Harbour recently. I love how we cancelled the fireworks just for the whale. Nobody whinged or moaned about it. It is great that we as a city really cared about this magnificant mammal and were all in awe and privilleged by its majestical presence.

DONT TELL ICELAND. Or Japan.

but how many people do you know who actually throw plastic into the sea? i dont know anyone who does. a survey looking at samples of water bettween New Zealand and Hawaii found very little plastic on the Journey so NZ produces a small amount .which washes off roads and down storm water pipes. .if every storm water pipe had long mesh sacks over them they would catch every bit of plastic before it hit the sea.that is the solution...

But its not a rare, Right Southern Whale like ours in Wellington.....

Lets see you film that from your office window!