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Hector's and Maui's

Student-led action: school mural to save Maui's

Teaching resources about Hector's and Maui's dolphins

Maui’s and Hector’s dolphins are an engaging topic for students.

Their biology, ecology and the impact people have had on their survival as a species makes for challenging and motivating inquiry-based learning at all levels.

WWF-New Zealand offers teachers and their students a variety of curriculum-linked resources and support. There are opportunities for schools and their communities to engage on the issues surrounding Maui’s and Hector’s dolphins at a local level.  

The support and resources available are listed below.

Maui's dolphin

Schools visits in the Auckland region 
WWF-New Zealand’s Maui’s dolphin education co-ordinator, Victoria Travers, offers free presentations to students from years 4–10.  Email Victoria to find out more and to make a booking.

Workshops for teachers
WWF-New Zealand’s Maui’s dolphin education co-ordinator offers professional development workshops for teachers and help with planning units for individual or groups of teachers. Email Victoria to find out more.

Take Action for Maui’s!
Free DVD made by students for students to encourage action to save the dolphins from extinction. View online or order your copy.

Mauis’ dolphin animation
View an appealing and moving animated short film for children, made by Massey University graduate, Julie Holmes, here.

Take Action for Maui’s poster
This poster will liven up your classroom. It demonstrates ways to take action to save Maui’s dolphin.  Email Victoria to order your free copy.

Saving Maui’s Dolphin
A curriculum-based resource for teachers. Download.


Hector's dolphin

Hector’s Dolphin Action Pack for Schools
An innovative resource for teachers, packed with planning support, teaching materials and activities for levels 1–5.  Email Gemma McGrath to place an order.

Hector’s Dolphin Community Co-ordinator
Gemma McGrath is WWF-New Zealand’s community co-ordinator. Contact Gemma if you would like help to work with your community and identify ways to protect local population of Hector’s dolphins. 

Adopt a Hector's dolphin

Of the 7270 Hector’s dolphins left in the world, more than 6000 have been ‘adopted’ – many of them by classrooms of Kiwi kids.
Adopting a Hector’s dolphin costs only NZ $30 per year. That will give your class a Hector’s mascot toy, a certificate, a poster and email updates on what is happening in WWF-New Zealand’s Hector’s and Maui’s conservation programme.

The money we raise from adoptions helps fund our work. We’re aiming high – to protect the dolphins’ future by securing a self-sustaining population that can live in its traditional range and is free of threats from human activity. Your and your students can help us achieve this goal.

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