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Kōrero: Dolphins

The Poor Knights Islands

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The Poor Knights Islands

The Ngātiwai tribe lived on some of the islands east of Auckland and Northland, including the Poor Knights Islands, which are 22 kilometres from the mainland. It was thought that at times of crisis, dolphins acted as messengers, conveying news to the mainland.

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by Lloyd Homer

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Gerard Hutching, Dolphins – Humans and dolphins, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/4686/the-poor-knights-islands (accessed 4 June 2026).

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