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Kōrero: Dolphins

Hector’s dolphin

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Hector’s dolphin

Hector’s dolphin is small and chunky with a blunt beak, and one of just a few dolphin species to have a rounded dorsal fin. The Māui subspecies is similar in appearance. They are found only in New Zealand coastal waters.

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Gerard Hutching, Dolphins – Hector’s and Māui’s dolphins, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/4674/hectors-dolphin (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Gerard Hutching, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 September 2015.