Australians Aleisha Caruso and Ashleigh Young travel to New Zealand to find out more about the plight of the endangered
Hector’s dolphin and its almost-extinct cousin the
Maui dolphin.
Inshore fishing threatens the survival of the remaining 7,270 Hector's dolphins - and even worse, there are thought to be just 111 Maui dolphins left.
Although the New Zealand government recently introduced a number of fishing bans to protect the dolphins, the fishing industry aren't happy. Government attempts to implement the fishing bans have ended up in court - with the industry defying overwhelming support from the New Zealand public to protect these dolphins.
Enter Ash and Aleisha who hold a demonstration in support of the ban, raise money to buy an underwater camera to help monitor the threatened populations and meet WWF scientists working day and night to protect the dolphins.