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Kōrero: Whales

Humpback fluke

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Humpback fluke

The humpback is a large baleen whale, which has white markings, unique to each whale, on the underside of its tail. This one was photographed during a whale survey in Cook Strait in 2004.

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Reference: 10056021

by Helen McConnell

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Gerard Hutching, Whales – Humpback whale, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/7087/humpback-fluke (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Gerard Hutching, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.