NZ Sea Lion Trust
@nzsealiontrust.bsky.social
NGO advocating for and protecting pakake/NZ Sea Lions. Share your wonders with us on #pakake #nzsealion
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The Hooker's Sea Lion, now known as the New Zealand Sea Lion (Phocarctos hookeri) is considered the most threatened sea lion in the world. #SciArt by Pierre Jacques Smit for Lydekker's "The Royal Natural History" (1894). #WorldSeaLionDay 🌊 www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16070600
May 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The Hooker's Sea Lion, now known as the New Zealand Sea Lion (Phocarctos hookeri) is considered the most threatened sea lion in the world. #SciArt by Pierre Jacques Smit for Lydekker's "The Royal Natural History" (1894). #WorldSeaLionDay 🌊 www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16070600
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Ever come across a #sealion in Aotearoa New Zealand?
Please help our research project by filling out an anonymous survey 🦭
#marinemammals #research #wildlifeinteractions
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Please help our research project by filling out an anonymous survey 🦭
#marinemammals #research #wildlifeinteractions
forms.office.com/r/c9StWWAmvp
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May 13, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Ever come across a #sealion in Aotearoa New Zealand?
Please help our research project by filling out an anonymous survey 🦭
#marinemammals #research #wildlifeinteractions
forms.office.com/r/c9StWWAmvp
Please help our research project by filling out an anonymous survey 🦭
#marinemammals #research #wildlifeinteractions
forms.office.com/r/c9StWWAmvp
It's been a busy Easter for our volunteers! Most visitors and residents have been kind and supportive ❤️
But unfortunately we've seen some verbal abuse and near misses too 🙄
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
But unfortunately we've seen some verbal abuse and near misses too 🙄
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
Drivers urged to look out for sea lions on coastal roads
Driving to the conditions is an important skill — and that goes double if you spot a sea lion on the road, advocates warn. The New Zealand Sea...
www.odt.co.nz
April 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It's been a busy Easter for our volunteers! Most visitors and residents have been kind and supportive ❤️
But unfortunately we've seen some verbal abuse and near misses too 🙄
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
But unfortunately we've seen some verbal abuse and near misses too 🙄
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
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The New Zealand sea lion, aka Hooker's sea lion, pakake (for both male and female), whakahao (male), or kake (female)
critter.science/the-new-zeal...
critter.science/the-new-zeal...
The New Zealand Sea Lion
The New Zealand sea lion, aka Hooker's sea lion, pakake (for both male and female), whakahao (male), or kake (female) in Māori, hails from New Zealand and pri
critter.science
April 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The New Zealand sea lion, aka Hooker's sea lion, pakake (for both male and female), whakahao (male), or kake (female)
critter.science/the-new-zeal...
critter.science/the-new-zeal...
Great #wildliferescue work done yesterday by our team and locals in Ōtepoti 🙌
#marinemammals #nzsealion
#marinemammals #nzsealion
Another field trip turned into #wildliferescue yesterday.
Heartbreaking to find a pup caught in discarded fencing!
Incredibly lucky we were onsite and able to coordinate with local residents+authorities to get it off her asap.
📸 @nzsealiontrust.bsky.social
#marinescience #stem 🧪 #fieldwork
Heartbreaking to find a pup caught in discarded fencing!
Incredibly lucky we were onsite and able to coordinate with local residents+authorities to get it off her asap.
📸 @nzsealiontrust.bsky.social
#marinescience #stem 🧪 #fieldwork
April 16, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Great #wildliferescue work done yesterday by our team and locals in Ōtepoti 🙌
#marinemammals #nzsealion
#marinemammals #nzsealion
Some heartwarming news on a grey Monday!!
Mahira and her little female pup has been found together again today 🦭
More info and photos in comments
#marinemammals #conservation #Aotearoa ##newzealand #nzsealion #pakake
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
Mahira and her little female pup has been found together again today 🦭
More info and photos in comments
#marinemammals #conservation #Aotearoa ##newzealand #nzsealion #pakake
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
Hunt for missing pup's mother
A 3-month-old sea lion pup has been left on its own for nearly a week as the Department of Conservation hunts for its missing mother. Doc,...
www.odt.co.nz
April 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Some heartwarming news on a grey Monday!!
Mahira and her little female pup has been found together again today 🦭
More info and photos in comments
#marinemammals #conservation #Aotearoa ##newzealand #nzsealion #pakake
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
Mahira and her little female pup has been found together again today 🦭
More info and photos in comments
#marinemammals #conservation #Aotearoa ##newzealand #nzsealion #pakake
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
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New study on archaeological New Zealand sea lion and New Zealand fur seals from Māori settlement, middle European expansion and modern time periods, reconstruct resource niche positions of these taxa, using stable isotope analysis 🦭
www.int-res.com/articles/mep...
www.int-res.com/articles/mep...
March 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
New study on archaeological New Zealand sea lion and New Zealand fur seals from Māori settlement, middle European expansion and modern time periods, reconstruct resource niche positions of these taxa, using stable isotope analysis 🦭
www.int-res.com/articles/mep...
www.int-res.com/articles/mep...
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Any detectives out there??
We found this in a NZ sea lion vomit and don't know what it is.
Looks like part of an exoskeleton, maybe crustacean 🧐
#marinescience #stemresearch 🧪 #taongaspecies
We found this in a NZ sea lion vomit and don't know what it is.
Looks like part of an exoskeleton, maybe crustacean 🧐
#marinescience #stemresearch 🧪 #taongaspecies
April 4, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Any detectives out there??
We found this in a NZ sea lion vomit and don't know what it is.
Looks like part of an exoskeleton, maybe crustacean 🧐
#marinescience #stemresearch 🧪 #taongaspecies
We found this in a NZ sea lion vomit and don't know what it is.
Looks like part of an exoskeleton, maybe crustacean 🧐
#marinescience #stemresearch 🧪 #taongaspecies
Have you noticed the beautiful dancers in the waves at St Clair recently? It's for an amazing performance celebrating pakake!
Tomorrow at 11am - please come support the wonderful crew 🦭
It's free but we encourage you bring a koha for their hard work.
#art #science #artinscience
Tomorrow at 11am - please come support the wonderful crew 🦭
It's free but we encourage you bring a koha for their hard work.
#art #science #artinscience
Saltlines for Sealion Women — Wild Dunedin
At the turn of the tide in this dance performance, witness a movement chorus trace sinuous saltlines across the wet sand at the water’s edge.
www.wilddunedin.nz
April 11, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Have you noticed the beautiful dancers in the waves at St Clair recently? It's for an amazing performance celebrating pakake!
Tomorrow at 11am - please come support the wonderful crew 🦭
It's free but we encourage you bring a koha for their hard work.
#art #science #artinscience
Tomorrow at 11am - please come support the wonderful crew 🦭
It's free but we encourage you bring a koha for their hard work.
#art #science #artinscience
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Back from two weeks aboard the HMNZS Canterbury as one of the scientists on the 2025 Blake Expedition to the NZ sub-Antarctic Islands. Will progressively drop photos and commentary here as I go through them #marinelife #naturephotography #sealion #pinniped
March 18, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Back from two weeks aboard the HMNZS Canterbury as one of the scientists on the 2025 Blake Expedition to the NZ sub-Antarctic Islands. Will progressively drop photos and commentary here as I go through them #marinelife #naturephotography #sealion #pinniped
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The sea lion family that dances together stays together...
Surat Bay, Catlins, NZ, Feb 2008
Surat Bay, Catlins, NZ, Feb 2008
December 18, 2024 at 11:59 PM
The sea lion family that dances together stays together...
Surat Bay, Catlins, NZ, Feb 2008
Surat Bay, Catlins, NZ, Feb 2008
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📢 The New Zealand Sea Lion Trust has issued a plea for people to act responsibly around sea lions, amid a noticeable increase in those not respecting the ani
Conservation group fumes over harassment of sea lions for social media content
www.newstalkzb.co.nz
February 17, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Popped into the wonderful exhibition 30 Years of Pakake put on by New Zealand Sea Lion Trust on Princes Street just now! Zoom in on the photo and you can see Elwood the Sealion pup I was honoured to be able to name! Last day today! Some wonderful stories about peoples live being touched by Pakake 🥰
January 27, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Popped into the wonderful exhibition 30 Years of Pakake put on by New Zealand Sea Lion Trust on Princes Street just now! Zoom in on the photo and you can see Elwood the Sealion pup I was honoured to be able to name! Last day today! Some wonderful stories about peoples live being touched by Pakake 🥰
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"In recent years sea lions in the Catlins have suffered at the hands of people shooting, stabbing and harassing them. - “unacceptable that this taonga is not safe in its own community”
“12,000 New Zealand sea lions remain, making them the world's rarest, and most endangered, sea lion species.”
“12,000 New Zealand sea lions remain, making them the world's rarest, and most endangered, sea lion species.”
Decision to continue allowing vehicles on Catlins beaches to be revisted after 'disgusting' incident
A decision to continue allowing vehicles on beaches in the Catlins will be revisited after an endangered sea lion was harassed by motorists.
www.rnz.co.nz
March 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"In recent years sea lions in the Catlins have suffered at the hands of people shooting, stabbing and harassing them. - “unacceptable that this taonga is not safe in its own community”
“12,000 New Zealand sea lions remain, making them the world's rarest, and most endangered, sea lion species.”
“12,000 New Zealand sea lions remain, making them the world's rarest, and most endangered, sea lion species.”