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Let's show the Prime Minister of New Zealand how much we care and make the Maui Dolphin the national symbol of New Zealand.

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Save the Maui's Dolphin & Hector's Dolphin from extinction

"Let's Face It" campaign as a powerful visual way of expressing worldwide public opinion to urge the New Zealand government to take immediate measures. Your visual petition (VP) photo of you along with a selected image of a Maui's or Hector's dolphin acknowledges specifically that you want to save the Maui's & Hector's from extinction. Read more ...

"I WORK IT FOR THE WHALES" says legendary Dogtown skateboarder Peggy Oki at the 2012 Skateboard Hall of Fame Awards.

Juan Duazo of Raglan Positive Perspectives put together this great video for our "Let's Face It" visual petition campaign video. The sad thing is that since we began filming "On 13 March 2012, New Zealand's Department of Conservation announced that the number of Maui's dolphins is most likely 55."

Watch this excellent message from 15 time world champion free diver William Trubridge.

Since this video was posted, New Zealand's Department of Conservation (DOC) announced that the number of Maui's dolphins over the age of one has reached a historical low of between 48-69 individuals, with a mostly likely point estimate of 55.

If you've already created your "Let's Face It" Visual Petition, you can still help by collecting more.

Help us make an even greater impact by reaching our goal of 5,500 "Let's Face It" Visual Petitions (VPs) as we will be sending a follow-up e-mail with link to our Visual Petitions page to the New Zealand government.

Click here to download our "Let's Face It" Visual Petition Collector's Packet which includes our statement to the NZ government, information about the Maui's & Hector's Dolphins, children's photographic waiver (though most people seem fine without this), and photos of Maui's & Hector's dolphins to choose from.

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Jay Adams
American skateboarder most prominently known as one of the original members of Z-Boys skateboarding team. He is considered one of the most influential skateboarders of all time.

John Calambokidis
Research Biologist and one of the founders of Cascadia Research, a non-profit research organization formed in 1979 based in Olympia, Washington. His work has been covered on shows by Discovery Channel and others and has been featured in National Geographic TV specials and a magazine article in 2009.

Yvon Chouinard
Legendary rock climber, surfer, environmentalist and outdoor industry businessman, noted for his contributions to climbing, climbing equipment and the outdoor gear business. His second company, Patagonia, is known for its environmental focus.

Patti McGee and Di Dootson Rose
Patti McGee was the 1965 Woman's first National Skateboard Champion, Santa Monica. Di Dootson Rose, former professional slalom skateboarder and now of the National Skateboard Review

Xavier Rudd
Singer, songwriter, and PETA Asia-Pacific’s 2008 Sexiest Vegetarian man. Making his way halfway around the globe, XAVIER RUDD, one of Australia’s most iconic voices today.

Keith Malloy
Like his brothers, Keith is a master of all forms of waveriding. Keith can surf anything and everything from 2' to 25' and was on the WQS tour for years and ended up qualifying for the WCT. Keith did the WCT for one year but decided that traveling and surfing with his brothers and friends, making movies, and having the freedom to go anywhere in the world on short notice for a huge swell was more to his liking. Keith and his brothers shocked the surfing community when they went outside of the industry and signed a sponsorship deal with environmentally friendly Patagonia. All three Malloys are a driving force behind the brand's ocean stores and conservation efforts.

Ric O'Barry
Ric wrote: "Lets get behind this urgent effort, folks!" and with his blessings to create this VP on his behalf, "We love Peggy".

Mike McGill
McGill was a member of the "Bones Brigade", an elite team of skateboarders sponsored by Powell Peralta who dominated the sub-culture of professional skateboarding (both in contests and in popularity) for a large part of the 1980s.

Erwin Vermeulen
Dutch activist Erwin Vermeulen traveled to Japan last year to serve as Cove Guardian volunteer for Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

Jeff Johnson
California surfer / writer / photographer who stars in Woodshed Films’ 180° South – A trip that mirrors the legendary journey of Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins. An accomplished writer, his works have appeared in Surfer’s Journal, Surfer, and Alpinist.

Marco Morgan, The National Skate Collective, South Africa
The group of skateboarders united in the celebration of the lifting of the ban of skateboarding on a Promenade in Cape Town, and last week we united to support the Lets Face It campaign. It was featured in the local papers as well. I wish you the best of luck with the cause and I hope that we are able to support in the future.

Pete Bethune
Earthrace Conservation, on the Maui’s dolphins, “The measures that could significantly help to stop this species from becoming extinct in our lifetime are being put on the back burner because of direct pressure from the fishing industries.”

Sylvia Earle
Legendary ocean researcher Sylvia Earle shares astonishing images of the ocean -- and shocking stats about its rapid decline -- as she makes her TED Prize wish: that we will join her in protecting the vital blue heart of the planet.

Steve Olson
We love Steve, legendary old school professional Santa Cruz Skateboard team ridder, character so colorful... Here's looking at you Steve.

"The Cab" Steve Caballero
Steve Caballero (born November 8, 1964, San Jose, California) is a professional skateboarder and musician. Steve was born in the year of the dragon, and has had several board graphics that feature dragons.

Peggy Oki
Peggy Oki, Coordinator of the "Let's Face It" Visual Petition campaign and "Origami Whales Project" Founder & Director

Benjamin "Pottsy" Potts
For one, living legend and hero seen as Sea Shepherd Conservation Society crew member on "Whale Wars", Pottsy has put his life on the line to save the Whales off Antarctica.

David Helvarg (Blue Frontier Campaign)
David Helvarg, author of Blue Frontier – Dispatches from America’s Ocean Wilderness, The War Against the Greens, 50 Ways to Save the Ocean, Rescue Warriors, and Saved by the Sea.

Chris Malloy
First known as a professional surfers, Chris along with brothers Keith and Dan impressed the world over with their surfing. Along with surfers like Pancho Sullivan, Myles Padaca, Noah Johnson and Strider Wasilewski, Malloy was part of a new breed of pro surfer who put travel and big waves way ahead of competition on the priority list. He became a fixture in the surf magazines, was a top-biller in Taylor Steele's momentous surf videos and, in one article, was even labeled a "New School ringleader."

Louie Psihoyos
Founder of the Oceanic Preservation Society in 2005, renowned photographer and avid diver directed OPS's first film, The Cove, which has won dozens of awards around the world, including the Oscar® for Best Documentary in 2009, and inspired over a million people to action.

Jean-Michel Cousteau
Explorer. Environmentalist. Educator. Film Producer. For more than four decades, Jean-Michel Cousteau has dedicated himself and his vast experience to communicate to people of all nations and generations his love and concern for our water planet.

Lance Mountain
Robert Lance Mountain was one of the prominent skateboarders throughout the 1980s, primarily due to his involvement with the Bones Brigade; Mountain is featured in the 1987 Powell-Peralta video, The Search For Animal Chin.

Tom Curren
Surfing legend Tom Curren has been the world champion three times (1985, 1986, 1990) and won 33 championship events in his professional career, a total only bested by Kelly Slater.

Andrew Davis
Andrew Davis is an American film director, producer and cinematographer who has directed a number of well-noted action thrillers.

Peter Hammarstedt
Second Mate, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Born in Sweden and raised in the United Kingdom, Peter, 23, joined the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society as soon as he was old enough to submit an application.

Jim Muir
Dogtown, as a concept, has existed since the early 1970's. It was the birthplace of progressive skateboarding, Santa Monica/Venice, California. In the celebrated documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys

Dr. David Guggenheim aka Ocean Doctor
Dr. David E. Guggenheim (third from left) is a marine scientist, conservation policy specialist, submarine pilot, ocean explorer and educator. He is president and founder of the Washington, DC-based nonprofit organization, Ocean Doctor.

Christian Hosoi
Hosoi started skating at seven or eight years old with veterans such as Shogo Kubo, Tony Alva, Stacy Peralta, and Jay Adams as his idols.

Dave "Rasta" Rastovich
Professional free surfer, co-founder of Surfers For Cetaceans, featured in the documentary film "Minds In the Water" on his journey as an activist for cetaceans. Dave came to Raglan, New Zealand this year to help stand up for the last 55 Maui's Dolphins.

Tony Alva
Tony Alva was featured in the video game, Tony Hawk's American Wasteland. In 2012 he appeared on an episode of the A&E reality series Storage Wars to appraise a skateboard.

Mark Cunningham
Living legend Mark Cunningham continues his exciting life as one of the most inspiring world class bodysurfers of all time after retiring from 29 years of Honolulu City & County lifeguard duty including the beach at Ehukai Beach Park for nearly two decades. He's six time winner of the Pipeline Bodysurfing Classic.

Dr Liz Slooten
New Zealand's leading authority on the use of population modelling to estimate sustainable levels of marine mammal bycatch in fishing operations.

Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson is an American folk rock singer-songwriter, surfer and musician known for his work in the soft rock and acoustic genres. In 2001, he achieved commercial success after the release of his debut album, Brushfire Fairytales.

Stand Up & Be Counted

Large scale environmental art image was organized by “Let’s Face It” Visual Petitions coordinator Peggy Oki, Founder & Director of the Origami Whales Project.

Music to the Ears about Too Much Noise for Maui's Dolphins

After numerous e-mails and phone calls by Peggy Oki (Coordinator of "Let's Face It" Visual Petitions) since February (2013) pushing to formulate a group letter of concern to DOC with request for protocols including necropsy to determine cause of death in any cetaceans found in proximity to zones of seismic testing we gladly announce that the Society for Marine Mammalogy (SMM) is urging the New Zealand government to halt seismic testing in Maui’s dolphin habitat immediately. In a letter to New Zealand’s Prime Minister the SMM expressed concerns about seismic surveys in the home of Maui’s dolphins, the rarest dolphin species on earth. The President of the Society Prof. Helen Marsh said that "allowing seismic testing in the dolphins’ habitat may harm their hearing and push them into unprotected areas, where they are more exposed to fishing nets. The impact on the 55 remaining Maui’s dolphins could be devastating. Allowing this seismic testing appears inconsistent with the New Zealand Government's stated goal of enabling this subspecies to recover..."

Another Love Letter, shocking dolphin bycatch numbers, and Maui's Dolphins Making the News!

Letter to New Zealand Prime Minister regarding Maui's, Shock over accidental catch rates, and when a marine sanctuary is a "killing field".

Call to ACTION! Please spread the word & post widely!!!

We've heard that the NZ govt may announce the Threat Management Plan (TMP) on the Maui's & Hector's dolphins this month!!!

Dave “Rasta” Rastovich returns to paddle for the Maui’s Dolphins and New Zealand coastal habitat!

Congratulations and much gratitude to Dave “Rasta” Rastovich’s on returning to New Zealand for his 350km, two-week solo paddle from Cape Taranaki to Piha, west of Auckland, in New Zealand. The paddle aims to draw international awareness to the seabed mining proposed for the coastline.