Bottlenose dolphins are listed as Nationally Endangered (under the New Zealand Threat Classification System) as two of the three main populations, including the Bay of Islands dolphins, are declining.
the New Zealand Institute for Pacific Research (NZIPR) was charged with establishing a repository to enable the collection, collation, and dissemination of research data and outputs. NZIPR worked with the Centre for eResearch to connect with the Analysis & Policy Observatory (APO) in order to host a not-for-profit, open access research collection and information service repository.