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This Mother’s Day we pay tribute to New Zealand mums ensuring the survival of our native species. Here’s some of our favourite photos…

Today mums, we salute you!

A mother and newly born sea lion pup. Photo: Gareth Hopkins.
Hector’s dolphin mother and calf, Banks Peninsula.
Whio mum and ducklings at Katipo Creek. Photo: Richard Rossiter
Feeding time for a takahē chick at Burwood. Photo: Sabine Bernert
The Royal Cam northern royal albatross chick and parent at Taiaroa Head, Otago.
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A mother paradise duck and young. Photo: Bernard Spragg (CC BY 2.0)
Feeding time from mum for this Australasian gannet chick. Photo: © Janice McKenna
Kākāpō nest on Whenua Hou. Photo: Jake Osborne

To all the mums, grandmothers, mother figures and caregivers out there, Happy Mothers Day, Whakamihia Te Rā o Te Māmā.

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