New Zealand

Official name
New Zealand
ISO alpha-2 code
NZ
ISO alpha-3 code
NZL
ISO numeric-3 code
554
Continent
Oceania

Lagenorhynchus obscurus | New Zealand Threat Classification System lists - 2005

Publication
New Zealand Threat Classification System lists - 2005
NRL Record ID
92259
Location
Scope (Assessment)
National
Countries in Assessment
New Zealand
Country ISO code(s)
NZL
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Taxon
Taxa
Lagenorhynchus obscurus | (Gray, 1828)
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Not threatened
About the assessment
Assessment year
2005
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Hitchmough, R., Bull, L., Cromarty, P (compilers). 2007. New Zealand Threat Classification System lists- 2005. Wellington: New Zealand Department of Conservation.
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
Assessor affiliation specific
Government
Criteria system
Criteria system specifics
New Zealand Threat Classfication System
Criteria system used
Non-IUCN
Criteria Citation
Molloy, J.; Bell, B.; Clout, M.; de Lange, P.; Gibbs, G.; Given, D.; Norton, D.; Smith, N.; Stephens, T. 2002: Classifying species according to threat of extinction. A system for NewZealand. Threatened species occasional publication 22, 26 p.
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
http://www.doc.govt.nz/templates/MultiPageDocumentTOC.aspx?id=42704; http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/TSOP22.pdf; http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/sap244.pdf
Supplementary Links

Department of Conservation: About; Department of Conservation: Conservation

Endemism
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Conservation
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Further information
Redlist Notes

Qualifier(s): Secure Overseas; Note(s): Bycatch in gillnets in Kaikoura reported but not quantified. Habitat loss due to aquaculture. Genetic structure between NZ and overseas populations..

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Globicephala melas | New Zealand Threat Classification System lists - 2005

Publication
New Zealand Threat Classification System lists - 2005
NRL Record ID
92258
Location
Scope (Assessment)
National
Countries in Assessment
New Zealand
Country ISO code(s)
NZL
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Taxon
Taxa
Globicephala melas | (Traill, 1809)
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Not threatened
About the assessment
Assessment year
2005
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Hitchmough, R., Bull, L., Cromarty, P (compilers). 2007. New Zealand Threat Classification System lists- 2005. Wellington: New Zealand Department of Conservation.
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
Assessor affiliation specific
Government
Criteria system
Criteria system specifics
New Zealand Threat Classfication System
Criteria system used
Non-IUCN
Criteria Citation
Molloy, J.; Bell, B.; Clout, M.; de Lange, P.; Gibbs, G.; Given, D.; Norton, D.; Smith, N.; Stephens, T. 2002: Classifying species according to threat of extinction. A system for NewZealand. Threatened species occasional publication 22, 26 p.
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
http://www.doc.govt.nz/templates/MultiPageDocumentTOC.aspx?id=42704; http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/TSOP22.pdf; http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/sap244.pdf
Supplementary Links

Department of Conservation: About; Department of Conservation: Conservation

Endemism
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Conservation
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Further information
Redlist Notes

Qualifier(s): Data Poor; Note(s): Calving occurs in NZ (A. van Heldon pers. comm.).

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Delphinus delphis | New Zealand Threat Classification System lists - 2005

Publication
New Zealand Threat Classification System lists - 2005
NRL Record ID
92257
Location
Scope (Assessment)
National
Countries in Assessment
New Zealand
Country ISO code(s)
NZL
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Taxon
Taxa
Delphinus delphis | Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Not threatened
About the assessment
Assessment year
2005
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Hitchmough, R., Bull, L., Cromarty, P (compilers). 2007. New Zealand Threat Classification System lists- 2005. Wellington: New Zealand Department of Conservation.
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
Assessor affiliation specific
Government
Criteria system
Criteria system specifics
New Zealand Threat Classfication System
Criteria system used
Non-IUCN
Criteria Citation
Molloy, J.; Bell, B.; Clout, M.; de Lange, P.; Gibbs, G.; Given, D.; Norton, D.; Smith, N.; Stephens, T. 2002: Classifying species according to threat of extinction. A system for NewZealand. Threatened species occasional publication 22, 26 p.
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
http://www.doc.govt.nz/templates/MultiPageDocumentTOC.aspx?id=42704; http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/TSOP22.pdf; http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/sap244.pdf
Supplementary Links

Department of Conservation: About; Department of Conservation: Conservation

Endemism
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Conservation
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Further information
Redlist Notes

Qualifier(s): Secure Overseas; Note(s): Bycatch in Taranaki jack mackeral trawl fisheries.

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Balaenoptera acutorostrata subsp. | New Zealand Threat Classification System lists - 2005

Publication
New Zealand Threat Classification System lists - 2005
NRL Record ID
92256
Location
Scope (Assessment)
National
Countries in Assessment
New Zealand
Country ISO code(s)
NZL
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Taxon
Taxa
Balaenoptera acutorostrata subsp. |
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Assessed taxon level
Subspecies
Common Names
Dwarf Minke whale
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Not threatened
About the assessment
Assessment year
2005
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Hitchmough, R., Bull, L., Cromarty, P (compilers). 2007. New Zealand Threat Classification System lists- 2005. Wellington: New Zealand Department of Conservation.
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
Assessor affiliation specific
Government
Criteria system
Criteria system specifics
New Zealand Threat Classfication System
Criteria system used
Non-IUCN
Criteria Citation
Molloy, J.; Bell, B.; Clout, M.; de Lange, P.; Gibbs, G.; Given, D.; Norton, D.; Smith, N.; Stephens, T. 2002: Classifying species according to threat of extinction. A system for NewZealand. Threatened species occasional publication 22, 26 p.
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
http://www.doc.govt.nz/templates/MultiPageDocumentTOC.aspx?id=42704; http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/TSOP22.pdf; http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/sap244.pdf
Supplementary Links

Department of Conservation: About; Department of Conservation: Conservation

Endemism
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Conservation
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Further information
Redlist Notes

Qualifier(s): Data Poor, Secure Overseas; Note(s): Most strandings are calves 2.2-4.8 m long (cf. max 6.97 m). Estimated length at birth 2 m. Likely weaning c. 3 m. Concentrated Bay of Plenty to Whangarei. (C. Duffy pers. comm.).

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Arctocephalus forsteri | New Zealand Threat Classification System lists - 2005

Publication
New Zealand Threat Classification System lists - 2005
NRL Record ID
92255
Location
Scope (Assessment)
National
Countries in Assessment
New Zealand
Country ISO code(s)
NZL
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Taxon
Taxa
Arctocephalus forsteri | (Lesson, 1828)
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Not threatened
About the assessment
Assessment year
2005
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Hitchmough, R., Bull, L., Cromarty, P (compilers). 2007. New Zealand Threat Classification System lists- 2005. Wellington: New Zealand Department of Conservation.
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
Assessor affiliation specific
Government
Criteria system
Criteria system specifics
New Zealand Threat Classfication System
Criteria system used
Non-IUCN
Criteria Citation
Molloy, J.; Bell, B.; Clout, M.; de Lange, P.; Gibbs, G.; Given, D.; Norton, D.; Smith, N.; Stephens, T. 2002: Classifying species according to threat of extinction. A system for NewZealand. Threatened species occasional publication 22, 26 p.
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
http://www.doc.govt.nz/templates/MultiPageDocumentTOC.aspx?id=42704; http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/TSOP22.pdf; http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/sap244.pdf
Supplementary Links

Department of Conservation: About; Department of Conservation: Conservation

Endemism
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Conservation
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Further information
Redlist Notes

Qualifier(s): Recovering, Secure Overseas; Note(s): Local declines on West Coast and Otago. Significant bycatch in trawl fisheries.

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Physeter macrocephalus | New Zealand Threat Classification System lists - 2005

Publication
New Zealand Threat Classification System lists - 2005
NRL Record ID
92254
Location
Scope (Assessment)
National
Countries in Assessment
New Zealand
Country ISO code(s)
NZL
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Taxon
Taxa
Physeter macrocephalus | Linnaeus, 1758
Physeter macrocephalus |
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Common Names
Sperm whale
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Migrant
About the assessment
Assessment year
2005
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Hitchmough, R., Bull, L., Cromarty, P (compilers). 2007. New Zealand Threat Classification System lists- 2005. Wellington: New Zealand Department of Conservation.
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
Assessor affiliation specific
Government
Criteria system
Criteria system specifics
New Zealand Threat Classfication System
Criteria system used
Non-IUCN
Criteria Citation
Molloy, J.; Bell, B.; Clout, M.; de Lange, P.; Gibbs, G.; Given, D.; Norton, D.; Smith, N.; Stephens, T. 2002: Classifying species according to threat of extinction. A system for NewZealand. Threatened species occasional publication 22, 26 p.
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
http://www.doc.govt.nz/templates/MultiPageDocumentTOC.aspx?id=42704; http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/TSOP22.pdf; http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/sap244.pdf
Supplementary Links

Department of Conservation: About; Department of Conservation: Conservation

Endemism
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Conservation
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Further information
Redlist Notes

Note(s): Likely threat from seismic surveys.

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Megaptera novaeangliae | New Zealand Threat Classification System lists - 2005

Publication
New Zealand Threat Classification System lists - 2005
NRL Record ID
92253
Location
Scope (Assessment)
National
Countries in Assessment
New Zealand
Country ISO code(s)
NZL
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Taxon
Taxa
Megaptera novaeangliae | (Borowski, 1781)
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Migrant
About the assessment
Assessment year
2005
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Hitchmough, R., Bull, L., Cromarty, P (compilers). 2007. New Zealand Threat Classification System lists- 2005. Wellington: New Zealand Department of Conservation.
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
Assessor affiliation specific
Government
Criteria system
Criteria system specifics
New Zealand Threat Classfication System
Criteria system used
Non-IUCN
Criteria Citation
Molloy, J.; Bell, B.; Clout, M.; de Lange, P.; Gibbs, G.; Given, D.; Norton, D.; Smith, N.; Stephens, T. 2002: Classifying species according to threat of extinction. A system for NewZealand. Threatened species occasional publication 22, 26 p.
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
http://www.doc.govt.nz/templates/MultiPageDocumentTOC.aspx?id=42704; http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/TSOP22.pdf; http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/sap244.pdf
Supplementary Links

Department of Conservation: About; Department of Conservation: Conservation

Endemism
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Conservation
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Further information
Redlist Notes

Note(s): NZ population subject to recent historial decline. Level of recovery seems to lag behind other Southern Hemisphere populations. Entanglement occurring annually.

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Hydrurga leptonyx | New Zealand Threat Classification System lists - 2005

Publication
New Zealand Threat Classification System lists - 2005
NRL Record ID
92252
Location
Scope (Assessment)
National
Countries in Assessment
New Zealand
Country ISO code(s)
NZL
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Taxon
Taxa
Hydrurga leptonyx | (de Blainville, 1820)
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Migrant
About the assessment
Assessment year
2005
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Hitchmough, R., Bull, L., Cromarty, P (compilers). 2007. New Zealand Threat Classification System lists- 2005. Wellington: New Zealand Department of Conservation.
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
Assessor affiliation specific
Government
Criteria system
Criteria system specifics
New Zealand Threat Classfication System
Criteria system used
Non-IUCN
Criteria Citation
Molloy, J.; Bell, B.; Clout, M.; de Lange, P.; Gibbs, G.; Given, D.; Norton, D.; Smith, N.; Stephens, T. 2002: Classifying species according to threat of extinction. A system for NewZealand. Threatened species occasional publication 22, 26 p.
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
http://www.doc.govt.nz/templates/MultiPageDocumentTOC.aspx?id=42704; http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/TSOP22.pdf; http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/sap244.pdf
Supplementary Links

Department of Conservation: About; Department of Conservation: Conservation

Endemism
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Conservation
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

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Globicephala macrorhynchus | New Zealand Threat Classification System lists - 2005

Publication
New Zealand Threat Classification System lists - 2005
NRL Record ID
92251
Location
Scope (Assessment)
National
Countries in Assessment
New Zealand
Country ISO code(s)
NZL
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Taxon
Taxa
Globicephala macrorhynchus | Gray, 1846
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Migrant
About the assessment
Assessment year
2005
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Hitchmough, R., Bull, L., Cromarty, P (compilers). 2007. New Zealand Threat Classification System lists- 2005. Wellington: New Zealand Department of Conservation.
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
Assessor affiliation specific
Government
Criteria system
Criteria system specifics
New Zealand Threat Classfication System
Criteria system used
Non-IUCN
Criteria Citation
Molloy, J.; Bell, B.; Clout, M.; de Lange, P.; Gibbs, G.; Given, D.; Norton, D.; Smith, N.; Stephens, T. 2002: Classifying species according to threat of extinction. A system for NewZealand. Threatened species occasional publication 22, 26 p.
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
http://www.doc.govt.nz/templates/MultiPageDocumentTOC.aspx?id=42704; http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/TSOP22.pdf; http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/sap244.pdf
Supplementary Links

Department of Conservation: About; Department of Conservation: Conservation

Endemism
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Conservation
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Further information
Redlist Notes

Qualifier(s): Data Poor; Note(s): More subtropical than long-finned.

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Balaenoptera physalus | New Zealand Threat Classification System lists - 2005

Publication
New Zealand Threat Classification System lists - 2005
NRL Record ID
92250
Location
Scope (Assessment)
National
Countries in Assessment
New Zealand
Country ISO code(s)
NZL
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Taxon
Taxa
Balaenoptera physalus | (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Migrant
About the assessment
Assessment year
2005
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Hitchmough, R., Bull, L., Cromarty, P (compilers). 2007. New Zealand Threat Classification System lists- 2005. Wellington: New Zealand Department of Conservation.
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
Assessor affiliation specific
Government
Criteria system
Criteria system specifics
New Zealand Threat Classfication System
Criteria system used
Non-IUCN
Criteria Citation
Molloy, J.; Bell, B.; Clout, M.; de Lange, P.; Gibbs, G.; Given, D.; Norton, D.; Smith, N.; Stephens, T. 2002: Classifying species according to threat of extinction. A system for NewZealand. Threatened species occasional publication 22, 26 p.
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
http://www.doc.govt.nz/templates/MultiPageDocumentTOC.aspx?id=42704; http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/TSOP22.pdf; http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/sap244.pdf
Supplementary Links

Department of Conservation: About; Department of Conservation: Conservation

Endemism
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Conservation
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

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