2 Mar 2023

Going sea lion spotting with Ōtepoti's intrepid scout

From Checkpoint, 5:55 pm on 2 March 2023

Now to Dunedin, where an octogenarian spends her days, documenting one of the rarest sea lion species in the world - and even has one named after her.

Janet Ledingham wanders the shores and dunes around the Otago Peninsula looking for New Zealand sea lions, often going out daily if the weather isn't bad.

Tess Brunton joined her to go scouting for whakahao near Ōtepoti.