Dennis Kuhn takes his outrigger canoe for a paddle off of Takapuna Beach five times a week, but had never experienced anything like the special encounter with a dolphin pod he calls “absolute magic”. Kuhn was taking it easy during a solo paddle on Saturday when he noticed some dolphins and decided to call them over with a kissing sound. To his surprise, they responded and swam around his canoe for half an hour, travelling 4km from Takapuna Beach to Maungauika/North Head in Devonport. The 48-year