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Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 31/1/2025 (self.newzealand)
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Last weeks thread here

Welcome to this week’s casual kōrero thread!

This post will be pinned in this community so you can always find it, and will stay for about a week until replaced by the next one.

It’s for talking about anything that might not justify a full post. For example:

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[–] sneakyninjapants@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Got to see a large pod of dolphins in Wellington a few days ago unexpectedly. First time seeing dolphins outside of captivity and have to say, it was a pretty magical experience.

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[–] Dave 2 points 1 day ago

That's awesome!

It's a strange thing that it's relatively common for dolphins or whales to come into the harbour, yet it's very easy to never see them. You have to be looking at the right place at the right time, and most of us don't spend much time within view of the water let alone actively watching.

I spent a couple of years in an office overlooking the harbour, there were dolphins or whales in the harbour about half a dozen times that I knew of, but I only one saw a whale and only once very briefly. Never saw dolphins from that view.