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Kiaora folks Nau mai haere mai: Welcome ...Updating the situation and offering up some important facts.. The whale song project link at the end of the post i like very much...Whale song LIVE with wonderful photos by Monica Sweet ...
"Nick Young (GREENPEACE)" and the Love Translation, a little late for Valentines yet itsa laugh
I hope this post finds you and your whanau in the very best of health..
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THE HUNT FOR THE JAPANESE WHALE POACHERS RESUMES...


Captain Watson: "We need to get back there and stop this slaughter... Once we return we can put a stop to this killing once again."


After twelve days of repairs, refueling, re-crewing, re-supplying and re-provisioning, the Sea Shepherd ship Steve Irwin is returning to the Southern Ocean. The estimated time for departure is 2000 hours Melbourne time on Thursday February 14.

“A special thank-you to Australia,” said Captain Paul Watson. “You helped to send the Steve Irwin back to sea as a Valentine’s Day gift to the whales.”

Donations of money for fuel, donations of food and supplies flooded onto the decks of the whale conservation ship during the brief stay in Victoria docklands.

“We are anxious to return to the coast of Antarctica,” said Sea Shepherd cook Amber Paarman from South Africa. “Every moment that we are not on the tail of the Japanese fleet means that the lives of the whales are in peril.”

The Steve Irwin intends to harass and intervene against illegal Japanese whaling for the next four to five weeks. This should stop them to the end of the whaling season. The fleet’s operations were shut down for more than three weeks in January. Sea Shepherd intends to shut them down again.

“In January we prevented them from slaughtering whales for three weeks, we cost the Japanese over two million dollars in fuel during the pursuit and we exposed their illegal whaling activities worldwide and most importantly we got the story into the Japanese media. This provoked a real debate in Japan on the cost of whaling to Japan’s reputation,” said Captain Paul Watson.

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society does not intend to surrender the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to the poachers. After this season, Captain Paul Watson is working to secure a 2nd ship with the objective of mounting a non-stop pursuit for the 2008/2009 whaling season.

The Steve Irwin dropped off 16 volunteer crewmembers in Melbourne on February 2nd and 19 volunteers have joined the crew. Eleven crewmembers have been with the campaign from the beginning.

The 32 crew, 8 women and 24 men returning to the Southern Oceans represent 10 different nationalities. In addition to 15 Australians, crewmembers have joined from New Zealand, Canada, the U.S.A., Sweden, South Africa, the Netherlands, the U.K. Spain, and Japan.


Sea Shepherd Conservation Society welcomes your support. To learn how to support our conservation work, please visit our donation page.



THE WORLD WIDE WHALE WARS...

Commentary by Captain Paul Watson
On Board the Sea Shepherd ship Steve Irwin


The fight to protect whalekind from the greed of humankind is being fought all over the globe.

The Sea Shepherd’s Operation Migaloo is presently opposing illegal Japanese whaling operations in the Southern Ocean.

Norway has just announced they intend to slaughter 1,052 Minke whales this year.

The Danish Faeroe Islands continue to kill some 3,000 Pilot whales on their beaches and more than 22,000 dolphins are viciously butchered on the shores of Japan each year.

The United States Navy keeps trying to test weapons that kill whales and their destructive low frequency sonar devices have already killed hundreds of cetaceans, large and small.

Whales are dying and their killers are constantly attempting to escalate their numbers in their quest to profit from one of the most vicious and merciless forms of hunting in the world.

For hundreds of years, humans have waged bloody war on the whales and their numbers are less than 10% of what they once were. A few species have fallen to less than 1% and some like the Biscayan right whale and the Atlantic Grey have been driven to extinction.

And the killing goes on.

But no longer unopposed. People all over the world are now fighting for the whales and on many fronts.

And there is no doubt that the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is the leading opponent to the slaughter and certainly the most aggressive and uncompromising opponent of whaling. In fact Sea Shepherd ships are the only thing that whalers seem to fear and when they see us they run like the cruel cowards they are.

Last August another whaler was sunk in Norway - a total write off and a four million dollar loss. That’s a total of five Norwegian whalers sunk since 1992 when myself and two other Sea Shepherd crew sent the pirate Norwegian whaler Nybraena to the bottom of the harbor in the Lofoten Islands.

This week a U.S. Federal judge struck down a waiver issued by the White House that would have exempted the U.S. Navy from obeying a court order banning sonar training exercises that endanger whales.

Last month the Japanese whaling fleet was blocked for over three weeks from killing whales and Sea Shepherd will be returning next week to attempt to intervene to stop the harpoons for another three to four weeks.

Last summer, Sea Shepherd’s Operation Ragnarok helped to end Icelandic whaling and no whales were killed.

In October, Sea Shepherd joined other activists and surfers led by world class free surfer Dave Rastovich in interfering with the barbaric slaughter of dolphins in Japan.

All over the world Japanese embassies and consulates are being picketed and petitioned by people deeply offended by Japanese whaling policies.

People are writing letters, signing petitions, boycotting Japanese and Norwegian goods and services. Musicians, artists, business people, teachers, lawyers, politicians, and children are standing up and saying that this slaughter is not to be tolerated any longer.

We have a powerful global movement and it is speaking in one voice - STOP THE BLOODY WHALING!

I think back to that day in June 1975 when I was at the helm of the first boat to ever intervene against whaling when Robert Hunter and I put our bodies on the line to protect a pod of Sperm whales from a Soviet harpoon vessel.

Little did I realize then just how powerful the movement would be that we launched that day. Little did I dream that I would be fighting the whale wars for the next thirty-three years.

And we are still at it. After more than 250 voyages, I can look back on a history of interventions that have saved the lives of thousands of whales and tens of thousands of dolphins. Sometimes I am amazed that I am still alive and even more amazed that in all these years we have never had anyone seriously injured or killed and we have never injured or killed any of our opposition.

Next week we return to the battle in the Southern Ocean and once again into the breach as we search out and go head to head with the Japanese whaling fleet. It will be our one ship against their seven vessels, our unarmed volunteer crew against their paid killers with their armed Japanese Coast Guard bodyguards, our passion against their ruthlessness, and our courage against their craven cowardice.

And despite the inequality of our numbers we will win because we now have an international movement to back up our interventions and to continuously hammer the message that whaling by anyone, anywhere, for any reason must be abolished.

We have these vicious killers on the run and we intend to keep them on the run, for the rest of this year and again next year. We will never retreat from this mission and we will never surrender and I swear that we will end this atrocity.

I have a fair ship and a courageous crew and once again we will sail into harm’s way and once again we will save the lives of whales.

And for the person standing in front of an Embassy with a protest sign, and the person writing a letter to the editor to oppose whaling and the person writing out a check to finance our interventions and the person standing before the judge pleading for the whales and the person writing for the newspapers or hosting a television news program, I say to you - thank-you.

Movements are built on diversity both in strategies and tactics and the strength of a movement lies in that diversity. We have that diversity.

And we will win, for the whales and for the honour of humanity, because we will be the people that future generations will look back and thank for having the courage, the dedication and the passion to ensure that whales will survive and that they will not live in a future where the whales will be viewed the same way that we now view dinosaurs - as large fantastic wondrous creatures that went extinct.

ANTI-WHALERS TIED UP AND DUNKED...

Two anti-whaling activists were tied to the rails of a Japanese harpoon ship and immersed up to their waists in freezing Antarctic seawater after an attempt to throw one overboard on Tuesday, an eyewitness says.

Benjamin Potts, 28, of Sydney, and Giles Lane, 35, from Britain, crew members of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society vessel Steve Irwin, boarded the Japanese harpoon vessel Yushin Maru No 2 about 4pm (AEDT) yesterday (AEDT) to deliver a written plea to stop killing whales.




AUSTRALIA HAS 'SHOCKING' EVIDENCE OF JAPAN'S WHALING...
— Australia has "shocking" photographic evidence to back an international legal bid to stop Japanese whaling in Antarctic waters, the government said Thursday.

One picture reportedly showing a mother whale and her calf being dragged aboard a Japanese whaler after being harpooned was described as sickening by Environment Minister Peter Garrett.

"I guess when I saw the photos I just felt a bit of a sick feeling, as well as a sense of sadness," said Garrett, a former rock star with protest group Midnight Oil.

"It's very disappointing. It's distressing when you think that it can take up to 15 minutes after a harpoon actually hits a whale for the whale to die.

"It's even sadder when you consider there's a calf involved."

A gaping wound visible on the minke whale calf's side as it is hauled up a blood-soaked slipway into the boat was reportedly caused by an explosive-packed harpoon.

The picture was one of many taken from an Australian customs vessel tracking the whalers to build up evidence against the kill, and Customs Minister Bob Debus said the pile of "shocking images" would support legal action to stop the annual slaughter.

"They will help us to back up the Australian government's argument in an international court case, the details of which are still to be worked out, to suggest that whaling should be stopped," Debus told reporters.

Australia has taken a leading role in opposing Japan's use of a loophole in an international moratorium on whaling to kill the giants of the oceans in the name of research. The meat is then sold in supermarkets and restaurants.

"To claim that this is in any way scientific is to continue the charade that surrounded this issue from day one," said Garrett.

"It is explicitly clear from these images that this is the indiscriminate killing of whales, where you have a whale and its calf killed in this way," he said.

But Japan's whaling body accused Australia of spreading "emotional propaganda" which could damage relations and said the whales were not a mother and calf.

"The government of Australia's photographs and the media reports have created dangerous emotional propaganda that could cause serious damage to the relationship between our two countries," said Minoru Morimoto, director general of the government-supported Institute of Cetacean Research.

"It is important the Australian public is not misled into believing false information," he said.

Japan resumed its annual whale hunt last week after it was disrupted in mid-January by anti-whaling protests, including the boarding of one of its ships by two activists from the militant Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

But low fuel forced boats from Sea Shepherd and Greenpeace to return to port to refuel and only the customs vessel, the Oceanic Viking, is now tracking the whalers, who have a target of around 1,000 whales this southern summer.

The government is considering using its evidence in one of two international legal forums -- the International Court of Justice in The Hague or the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.

The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) said Japan's whaling programme breaches several international conventions and legal action could be quickly set in motion.

"The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea could be called upon to issue an injunction to stop the Japanese whalers... in as little as 14 days," legal expert Tim Stephens said in a statement issued by IFAW.

Greenpeace Australia-Pacific chief Steve Shallhorn said the pictures showed the world that the Japanese fleet was killing whales in a globally recognised sanctuary and did not care if they were mothers or infants.

"Now that the Australian government has its own evidence of the whale hunt, we expect this to spur them to action at the International Whaling Commission and beyond," Shallhorn said.

The Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary was proclaimed by the International Whaling Commission in 1994.


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General facts about the Humpback Whale:

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are found in all the major oceans, in a wide band running from the Antarctic ice edge to 65° N latitude, though is not found in the eastern Mediterranean,the Baltic Sea, or the Arctic Ocean.

The Humpback is a migratory species, spending its summers in cooler, high-latitude waters, but mating and calving in tropical and sub-tropical waters. An exception to this rule is a population in the Arabian Sea, which remains in these tropical waters year-round.

At birth humpbacks weigh around two tons and are on average 3.6 metres in length.

Adult humpbacks can grow up to 14 meters and weigh up to 40 tons.

Humpback whales are seasonal feeders and carnivores that filter feed tiny crustaceans (krill - mainly, copepods), plankton and small fish (including herring, mackerel, capelin, and sandeel) from the water.

An average-sized humpback whale will eat 2000-2500 kg each day during the feeding season in cold waters (about 120 days). They eat twice a day.

A calf's daily diet consists of around 120 gallons of milk.

The Humpback has an average life expectancy of 45-50 years.

Humpbacks are distinguished from other large whales primarily by their very long pectoral fins which are about one-third of their body length - averaging around 4.5 metres.

They have a flat head with golf ball size bumps called tubercles.

The four-chambered heart of the average humpback whale weighs about 195 kg - about as much as three average adult human beings.

What is the population status of the Humpback?

Prior to whaling, humpback whale numbers are thought to have exceeded 125,000.

Today it is estimated to be around 10,000 Humpbacks in the oceans according to the International Whaling Commission, with rates of increase of about 7% being reported for the eastern North Pacific from 1990-2002.

The amount is increasing daily due to better conservation and at the moment the estimated increase is 10% - 14% per year.

Is it legal to hunt whales?

Aboriginal subsistence whaling
The International Whaling Commission authorises catches under its aboriginal subsistence whaling scheme for:

1.Bowhead whales in Alaska and Chukotka (Russia).
2. Gray whales in Washington and Chukotka.
3. Fin whales and Minke whales in Greenland.
4. Humpback whales in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Hunting on humpbacked whales has been prohibited in the northern Atlantic Ocean since 1956, the Southern Hemisphere since 1963 and in the northern Pacific Ocean since 1966.

Scientific whaling
In 1982 the International Whaling Commission voted on a moratorium on commercial whaling to go into force in 1986.

Japan initially intended to oppose the moratorium, but in submission withdrew theirm opposition due to the threat of economic sanctions made by the United States.

Since 1986 Japan has been allowed to engage in limited, so-called scientific whaling of certain species and to sell the meat for consumption.

Japan carries out its research in two areas - the North Pacific and the Southern Hemisphere.

Why do the Japanese insist on whaling?

Whales have long been a source of food, oil, and crafts' material for the Japanese.

A famous Proverb quotes: "There's nothing to throw away from a whale except its voice."

In July 2004 it was reported, that a working group of the Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic had drawn up plans to leave the IWC in order to join a new pro-whaling organisation, NAMMCO, because of the IWC's refusal to back the principle of sustainable commercial whaling.

Japan is particularly opposed to the IWC Conservation Committee, introduced in 2003, which it says exists solely to prevent any whaling.

Kiaora folks and friends,I have gathered some interesting bits and pieces on my much loved creatures of the sea. The story of Pelorus Jack for me is a kindof childhood tale, but many saw the special Risso dolphin....
Furthermore I have posted a piece in Aotearoa., which looks deeper into the facts about certain dolphin. Some excellent video footage of the 'Duskie dolphin' and 'Dolphins using echolocation'. The photos I am particularly happy with.... Thanks as always to Teara...
'Whales and Dolphins', is an excerpt from 'Reed Book of Maori Mythology'. To see footage, mythology, photos and more facts on these magnificent mammals please hit this Whales and Dolphins



The story of Pelorus Jack

Pelorus Jack, a Risso’s dolphin (uncommon in New Zealand) that accompanied ships travelling between Wellington and Nelson, was the first dolphin in the world to be protected by law. He was so named because he would meet boats at the entrance to Pelorus Sound, in the Marlborough Sounds. First noticed in 1888 when he joined a steamer bound for Nelson, Pelorus Jack spent the next 24 years escorting boats from Pelorus Sound to treacherous French Pass, a narrow stretch of water between D’Urville Island and the mainland, where the water surges through at up to 8 knots.

Pelorus Jack always remained within a well-defined area. He joined boats heading for Nelson at the entrance to Pelorus Sound and swam to, but never through, French Pass. On the reverse journey, he met ships as they came out of the pass, staying with them for the 8 kilometres to Pelorus Sound before going his own way. He enjoyed swimming up against the boats and riding their bow waves.

Over the years, his fame grew. However, his celebrity attracted not only well wishers; in the early 1900s someone fired at him from a steamer. People demanded that Pelorus Jack be protected by law, which led to a 1904 order in council (renewed twice before he died). Pelorus Jack had become a tourist attraction, drawing such well-known figures as American writer Mark Twain and English author Frank T. Bullen.

Mystery surrounds Pelorus Jack’s death. Many believed that he was harpooned by Norwegian whalers, anchored off the entrance to Pelorus Sound in late April 1912. There is an account of an anonymous deathbed confession by a man who said he helped his father kill a dolphin stranded after a storm. They later realised it had been Pelorus Jack. Although there had been no alternative, the man was haunted by his action for the rest of this life.

Charlie Moeller, who maintained the marine light at French Pass, claims Pelorus Jack was washed up on a beach, where his carcass rotted. This latter account is likely; the dolphin was at least 24 years old, and probably died of old age.

The legend of Pelorus Jack lived on after his death. A chocolate bar was named after him and he is the subject of a number of songs.

Kiaora, Hello, naumai haere mai, welcome.
Make yourself at home folks. its May N.Z's music month.Over the next
week i will highlight bands from all over Aotearoa. To get things started,
my personal taste certainly comes first.Please see DUBMASTER during the month of May for further Aotearoa artists.
Do check in for developements. Thanks for visiting .
Contributors to DUBMASTER PhD HQ include:: 5:star:EDiTA, ReMOTE, RePLAY, 100METRES, CORE.
For the May Gig guide see AOTEAROA.KIWI
15.5.2007 Content added: Humour; Sebastian; SalmonellaDub;Artwork
Dr. Flay , 'Groovy Visuals' Xcellent 'SpongeBobHemppants' what a hoot as is the 'Shed'
Also how to use Electric Sheep with music....Cheers Doc'.Thanks for putting the smile back on my dial. All the best.
See AOTEAROA.KIWI to hook up with Canterbury hotair balloonists .

5:star:EDiTA,................
I can fully guarantee these following Artists will give all they have to give both
in the studio and live....

SALMONELLADUB

PITCHBLACK

SHAPESHIFTER

KORA

FAT FREDDYS DROP Also see

THE BLACKSEEDS

STINKYJIM 95Bfm, mashing up those grooves, 'the stenchmaster'.

Also to the enormous work they do for Aotearoa music see Nz Musician Magazine and 95bFM and About 95bFM .Also see 95bFM gig guide ,it must be said, an excellent guide. bcasts . bmusic . Top 10 voting . And the bFM LIVE STREAM

Musn't forget the mighty RIP IT UP

ReMOTE,.............

DAMNATIVE

CHEFU

KATCHAFIRE also

RHOMBUS

DECEPTAKONS also see

KINGKAPISI also see

PMONEY also see .

SCRIBE

THE PHOENIX FOUNDATION .....Xcellent

ANIKA MOA also see

TIM FINN also see and

NEIL FINN also see and

THE FINN BROTHERS

SPLIT ENZ also see SPLIT ENZ PHOTOS

NATHAN HAINES also see and

SHAYNE CARTER also see and

STRAIGHTJACKETFITS

RePLAY,.................

WHIRIMAKO BLACK also see and and

RUIA APERAHAMA

MOANA MANIAPOTO also see

RICK BRYANT also see Albums of note..'Snow on the Desert road' and 'Time'.

DON McGLASHAN also see and

DAVE DOBBYN

CORE:...................

THE DATSUNS also see and

SHIHAD also see and

PLUTO .

GOLDENHORSE als see and .

100metres.....................

BROOKE FRASER also see

NESIAN MYSTIK also see

ADEAZE also see and . Beautiful vocals.

THE SPECIFICS .

More to come..

more click.......pinch myself ..ouch.
'Featured Member'....alriiiight, thats what i'm talkin about..
more pinch ouch Opera, What would i do without you.......
I love the 'robot" #1+#2..they look great...and a most fat yaaaaay to the
shoutbox,definite new toys...Go Fred, Thanks Opera and to my Opera friends
'love your Way' as.....

'Buckle your seat belt Dorothy' This next session could get a lil'bumpy.

THE CLEAN

THE BATS

THE CHILLS : also

FLYING NUN RECORDS ... Here
To see info on these artists::
Chris Knox...Toy Love...Tall Dwarfs...Dimmer...HDU...Abel Tasmans...Skeptics...
Jean Paul Satre Experience...Bird Nest Roys...Superette...PanAm...Axemen
S.P.U.D....Look Blue Go Purple...Garageland...Loves Ugly Children...
The Hasselhoff Experiment...Netherworld Dancing Toys...Expendables...
Snapper...Double Happys...Renderers...Fetus Productions...Betchadupa...
3Ds...David Kilgour...Naked Spots Dance...Gordons...BailterSpace...
Shayne Carter and Peter Jefferies...Goblin Mix...Tinnitus...Breathing Cage...
Martin Phillips...NRA...Graeme Jefferies...Graeme Downes...Sneaky Feelings...
The Subliminals...Great Unwashed...Verlaines...Teeth...Cake Kitchen...The D4
Strangeloves...Terminals...Jay Clarkson...Childrens Hour...Vibraslaps...
Spines...Headless Chickens.

Break....pinch, ouch

Goodshirt
Opshop

# AOTEAROA GLOBAL PROJECT # For further discussion. Feel free to join...

The Arts Forum, Music month of May topic see HERE


Kiaora mai....

Kiaora Folks...


...My apologies folks, the 1st map i posted was dreadful. This ones much better, especially as it has the appropriate Maori names...



# AOTEAROA N.Z. TRAVEL MAPS # 'THE'!! Map to load..

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# OPERA DOWNLOAD 9.20b # I downloaded this stable version lastnight, excellent, Will download the International version this evening. Without a doubt the English 9.20b has made things way smoother..."Kiaora Opera,thankyou."
.Also these 'Customize Panels'...well worth a LO:eyes:OK .

. Will have a new chapter of 'Sebastian' posted by Thursday.

"YO"....Whanau calls. Hope everything is well in your neck of the woods folks,
.> All the best, take care, Henry D.PhD.
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KIAORA KOUTOU FOLKS, If it so takes your fancy have a read here would be great to have your patronage.Many of Aotearoa's problems are world inclusive. Come get'waxing'
with Forum and topics as they relate to you in your neck of the woods....
Join,become a member..Easy !!!!If you havent signed up yet...!!What choo
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>Take care...All the best Henry.