They are pretty special whales fighting their way back from near extinction.
This recent article http://www.stuff.co.nz/science/8514824/Southern-Right-Whale-sightings-on-the-rise says that between 2003 and 2010 there were 28 mother-calf pair sightings around New Zealand. This may not sound like many, but this is an increase in numbers from before 2003.
I wonder if they've counted a sighting by me and some friends off of Banks Peninsula back in 2009.
