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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.
Dixon said the last time she had been on that stretch of beach was to see the Hale-Bopp Comet in the late 1990s. “I haven’t actually walked down there since then and just by chance there is another spectacular event going on.” There had been reports of a whale seen swimming from Parapara and Collingwood over the last few days. Jane Dixon In February, 49 pilot whales stranded at Farewell Spit, which is known for mass strandings. They were refloated by members of whale rescue group Project Jonah, Department of Conservation staff and members of the public. The next morning, 28 survivi...
But Hines said there was a chance of more rain, with “quite a bit more wet weather on the radar” for the north west of Nelson. A heavy rain watch is in place for Nelson, west of Motueka from Monday morning until the early hours of Tuesday morning, with periods of heavy rain and possible thunderstorms and rainfall amounts possibly approaching warning criteria. “That is going to lead into a pretty wet day Tuesday, cloudy throughout the day with intermittent rainfall and it looks like the more significant accumulations of rain will be up in the mountains.” Braden Fastier/Stuff
Cattle at "the blow hole" being driven up the coast to Paturau. Stock trucks today make the movement of stock around the country an everyday affair. But the horse-mounted droving of farm animals up and down the country were real feats which will never be seen again. Mobs being driven through small towns and rural localities were commonplace, the reason sturdy front fences and gates became common across the country. Local farmers often helped out with the musters as they went through - snorting horses, barking dogs and dust everywhere. A lot could go wrong, but panic was an unknown word.