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Whale Watch Kaikōura

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Whale Watch Kaikōura

Tourists watch an orca from the boat TeAo Marama off the Kaikōura coast. Whale Watch Kaikōura began as a small whānau (family) affair when local members of the Ngāti Kurī hapū (sub-tribe) mortgaged their house to fund a whale watch tour.

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Paul Diamond, Te tāpoi Māori – Māori tourism – Resurgence of the Māori tourist industry, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/23730/whale-watch-kaikoura (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Paul Diamond, published 2 March 2010.