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Whalewatching at Kaikoura is a top New Zealand experience but the national museum offers another way to view one of these awe-inspiring marine giants.

In the past whalers often scratched designs onto the teeth of Sperm Whales. Modern scrimshanders now use a variety of other materials to continue this tradition.

Whaling was an important industry in the colonial nor'east. Households ate supper and read their papers by the light of whale oil lamps and candles.

Dowsing, an ancient art used to locate objects underground, has been expanded to find them under shallow water. Science has validated the effectiveness of this psychic ar

In Gander, Newfoundland, Moor-Crafts and Gifts produces homemade bakeapple and partridgeberry fudge made fresh with wild berries and real butter.

Whales and dolphins have long fascinated people and remain an image of paramount beauty and oceanic grace. But where did they come from?

New Zealand's dramatic Te Papa encounter with an undersea world drew on one of the largest whale collections in the world.

Traditional Maori symbols in jade and bone jewelery are related to myth, to the landscape, and to traditional ways of life. Each carving is endowed with meaning.