Golden Bay Sei whale saga documents show hard slog and heartbreak for DoC staff and volunteers
6 Apr, 2021 05:21 AM
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Just when it looked like the whale was about to recover, it died one summer evening. Photo / DoC
Just when it looked like the whale was about to recover, it died one summer evening. Photo / DoC
It s a mystery why a big healthy sei whale got stranded, but newly-released documents show the effort and detail that goes into whale rescue attempts.
In the wake of an Easter whale rescue involving former All Black Ali Williams and surf life savers, documents released about a fatal December stranding showed a sei whale seemed to be improving just minutes before it died.
That sale was of a plush four-storey house, on a 1480sq m section, at 7 Rarere Road in Hauraki. It sits right on Takapuna beach and boasts views of Rangitoto and the Waitemata Harbour. It was sold to a North Shore family for $12.25 million back in February, although settlement was in October. That price tag put the sale more in line with the top sale of 2019, which was for a $15.5 million Queenstown property. While there were concerns that the fallout from Covid-19 could affect properties at the higher-end of New Zealand’s market, agents have said they were still selling well.