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![Hate mail over ambergris book](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Hate mail over ambergris book
A book about ambergris has created a s***storm in the South, with some Stewart Islanders unhappy their spot has been outed as a lucrative place to find sperm whale poo.
!['Scientific' whaling condemned](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
'Scientific' whaling condemned
The resumption of so-called "scientific'' whaling in the Southern Ocean has been condemned by Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully.
![Australia to monitor Japan's whale hunt from the air](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Australia to monitor Japan's whale hunt from the air
Australia will be monitoring Japan's whale hunt from the air instead of the sea in a decision both the Greens and whaling protesters have called a broken election promise.
![Boy, 12, makes plea to politicians](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Boy, 12, makes plea to politicians
A 12-year-old boy has made an impassioned plea to politicians to do more to stop whaling by the Japanese in the Southern Ocean.
![Whale explodes (GRAPHIC)](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Whale explodes (GRAPHIC)
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. A dead sperm whale has exploded after stranding on a beach in the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic.
![Paul Watson: 'We're not pirates'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Paul Watson: 'We're not pirates'
Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, testified in a contempt of court hearing in Seattle.
![Japan misinterprets whaling article - NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Japan misinterprets whaling article - NZ
New Zealand has accused Japan of treating the whaling convention as "an industry cartel" during an international court battle against whaling.
![Whaling case: NZ's argument to be heard this week](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Whaling case: NZ's argument to be heard this week
The International Court of Justice will hear arguments from New Zealand this week that Japan is breaking its agreement to hunt whales in the Antarctic only for scientific purposes.
![Whale decks NZ surfer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Whale decks NZ surfer
A New Zealand surfer remembers seeing the eye and skin barnacles of a huge whale before it flung him 3m into the air.
![Humpback whale migration survey ends today](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Humpback whale migration survey ends today
A survey to work out how many humpback whales migrate through Cook Strait is to end today.
![Whaling: Japan fights back](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Whaling: Japan fights back
NZ and Australia's opposition to whaling is "an emotional moral crusade" that tolerates violent extremism, Japan has told the world's top court.
![Japan to defend whaling programme](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Japan to defend whaling programme
Lawyers for Japan are due to state its case today for continuing its whaling programme, at the International Court of Justice.
![Transtasman battle for the whales](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Transtasman battle for the whales
Australia and New Zealand join forces to fight Japan's whaling programme, with their legal battle starting in The Hague today.
![Orca a delightful bonus for passengers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Orca a delightful bonus for passengers
While humans were stayed indoors out of the cold yesterday, orcas were enjoying a swim and a meal in the Bay the Islands.
![Humpback whale aerobatics](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Humpback whale aerobatics
The breathtaking aerobatics of a humpback whale astounded onlookers at an Australian marine resort.
![Fishermen want humpback whales off endangered list](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Fishermen want humpback whales off endangered list
A group of Hawaii fishermen is asking the US federal government to remove northern Pacific humpback whales from the endangered species list.
![Sea Shepherd crew not 'pirates' - expert](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Sea Shepherd crew not 'pirates' - expert
A US court's decision declaring anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd "pirates" could have potentially far-reaching implications, a Kiwi law expert says.
![Sea Shepherd ships clash with whalers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Sea Shepherd ships clash with whalers
Anti-whaling vessels from the Sea Shepherd organisation have collided with the whaling ship Nisshin Marym.
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Sea Shepherd vessels collide with Whaling ship
Anti-whaling Sea Shepherd vessels have collided with the whaling ship Nisshin Marym. The Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR), which owns the Japanese ship, said in a statement its vessel was rammed at least five times by Sea Shepherd vessels Steve Irwin, Bob Barker and Sam Simon. The incident occurred yesterday as the Nisshin Marym came along its supply tanker for refuelling, ICR said. There were no injuries to the crews of the Nisshin Marym or its supply tanker. ICR claimed video of the incident showed Sea Shepherd deliberately ramming its vessel.
![Protest ships attacked by whalers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Protest ships attacked by whalers
Crews aboard an anti-whaling protest ship in the Southern Ocean have escaped injury but are struggling to mend "significant damage" to their vessel after it was rammed by Japanese whalers.
![Sea Shepherd confident in anti-whaling efforts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Sea Shepherd confident in anti-whaling efforts
Sea Shepherd's launching a massive campaign against Japanese whalers in the waters around Antarctica.
![Fourth ship joins whaling protest](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Fourth ship joins whaling protest
Natalie Fox, a co-founder of the campaigning group Women for Whales, is to be a key player in the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's Operation Zero Tolerance.
![NZ legally challenges Japanese whaling](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
NZ legally challenges Japanese whaling
New Zealand has joined Australia in questioning the validity of Japan's whaling for scientific purposes in the Southern Ocean, says MP Murray McCully.