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GO NZ: Farewell Spit, New Zealand s next Unesco World Heritage Site
28 Apr, 2021 12:01 AM
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Bird appeal: Farewell Spit is one of the country s most important bird sanctuaries. Photo / Supplied, Nelson Tasman
Bird appeal: Farewell Spit is one of the country s most important bird sanctuaries. Photo / Supplied, Nelson Tasman
NZ Herald
By: Elen Turner
It s wild and windy but, if you have feathers, Farewell Spit is prime real estate, writes Elen Turner
Most people who have flown between the North and South Islands on a clear day will have seen the 25km sandspit reaching into the Tasman Sea. Farewell Spit forms the northern boundary of Golden Bay, and setting foot there feels like being on the edge of the Earth. It practically is.
In the following days, DOC received several more reports of a whale swimming close to shore from people in Parapara, Milnthorpe and Collingwood. On Wednesday morning, Ogle got a call to say a whale had stranded at Ferry Point, near the Aorere River mouth. “When we got there it was clearly dead and had been that way for quite a few hours, so it probably died in the early hours of Wednesday morning.”
Jane Dixon
The baleen whale was found dead on the beach but appeared to be in good condition. Ogle said DOC was unsure of the cause of death, which could often be challenging to determine.
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