Moncks Bay News Today

Scores of people gathered on a New Zealand beach on Monday as a young whale that died in a rare stranding was pulled to shore.Conservationists have recorded more than 5,000 whale strandings in New Zealand since 1840 but they rarely swim so close to Christchurch.

Increasingly warmer seas could see new types of marine mammals beaching on New Zealand's shores, experts say.

WELLINGTON (AFP) – Scores of people gathered on a New Zealand beach on Monday as a young whale that died in a rare stranding was pulled to shore. The seven-metre (23-foot) fin whale died in the early hours after beaching on an estuary sandbank near the Christchurch suburb of Moncks Bay, the conservation department said. […]

Scores of people gathered on a New Zealand beach on Monday as a young whale that died in a rare stranding was pulled to shore. The seven-meter fin whale died in the early hours after beaching on an estuary sandbank near the Christchurch suburb of Moncks Bay, the&#x...

Conservationists have recorded more than 5,000 whale strandings in New Zealand since 1840

WELLINGTON, Jan 29, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Scores of people gathered on a New Zealand beach on Monday as a young

A whale stranded at a Christchurch beach has died overnight, the Department of Conservation has confirmed. The 7m-long whale became stranded off the coast of...

Project Jonah is pleading with Canterbury residents not to disturb a large whale that is stranded near the entrance to the shallow estuary at Moncks Bay.

Hundreds of people have gathered at a Christchurch beach tonight as attempts are made to save a whale that has stranded itself. An NZME reporter at the scene...

The whale became stuck in the Avon Heathcote Estuary on Sunday night.