2007-11-08, New Zealand Adventure

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My name is Maurice Manuwatu, and I am from here, Kaikoura. It's an amazing place and historically Maori have been here for over 800 years. Matakoura was a god that had this magical sword. And he carved the mountains, he shaped the peninsula around here. He created all the beauty. He also carved the underwater trenches¹ and canyons² that we have around here, which is like an underwater highway, and it is a feeding ground, ur, for all the whales, so, and as a result of that, whale watch started.

Very deep ocean canyons that come very, very close to shore. We have these colliding currents, these warm currents coming down from the equator, cold currents coming up from the Antarctic. And so it's a combination of the geographic³ makeup⁴, the richness of nutrients⁵ from the water, and deep canyons very close to shore. That makes this place a really special place in the world for marine⁶ mammals. You know, whale watch started 14, 15 years ago.

There's not many places in the world where you have right on your doorstep whales all year around, so we get the privilege of seeing whales every day. Always envious⁷ of the people that get the chance to see a whale for the very first time.