Pohatu Marine Reserve
Remote bay marine reserve with a mainland white-flippered penguin colony, dolphins and fur seals.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Pōhatu Marine Reserve, on Banks Peninsula outside Christchurch, is about a sound that went missing from a bay: the night-time noise of the white-flippered penguin, as a local farmer remembers it from childhood. It follows the Helps family, who farm the land around the bay, and the neighbour whose traps set them on their path. Listen from the beach, facing the headlands where dolphins and fur seals work the water.
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