A group of kayakers had a close encounter with a pod of bottlenose dolphins in Tauranga Harbour on Sunday.
Estelle Leyshon said six paddlers from the Yakkity Yak Kayakers club had stopped on shore for lunch when they saw fins in the water.
They paddled out to see what was going on.
"The dolphins swam up the harbour towards us and milled around us, encircling us. They were obviously corralling fish. There was about 15 in the pod."
The delighted kayakers watched as the dolphins dived deep and leaped out of the water chasing their prey.