Happy to start the day with good news — Otago sea lion colony hits major population milestone - with 38 new pups | RNZ News:

For the first time in more than a century the Otago Pakake/sea lion population has delivered more than 35 pups.

If there were five consecutive seasons of at least 35 new pups it would gain official breeding colony status.

Pakake were the rarest sea lions in the world and until the early 1990's they were effectively extinct on the mainland.