Canterbury Mornings

A tribute to Māui and Hectors dolphins is being held in Akaroa this Sunday the 28th of October at 2pm.Dolphin Defenders are organising this tribute to honour and observe the loss of a pregnant mother and calf Māui dolphin three weeks ago off the North Island West Coast; five Hector’s dolphins killed in a net near Christchurch earlier this year, and others of least fifteen Māui and Hector’s reported dead this year already. Chris Lynch spoke to local dolphin advocate Genevieve Robinson about the event.