Watch: Rare sighting of large pod of dolphins cruising down river near Ngatea

May 18, 2020

A pod of dolphins has been filmed swimming somewhere you wouldn't usually expect to see them - a river.

Numerous dolphins can be seen in the video shared on the Hauraki District Council's Facebook page today, in Piako River near Ngatea on the Firth of Thames.

The video was taken by Hauraki local Peter Pakinga and shows the dolphins heading out to the causeway. 

Mr Pakinga says the last time he saw such a large pod of dolphins in the river was 50 years ago. 

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