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A Southern Bottlenose whale has died after becoming stranded on a beach in Timaru. A Department of Conservation spokesperson said the hotline was contacte
Stuff Rescuers are back on the scene at Farewell Spit, after 28 whales restranded themselves. Department of Conservation spokeswoman Trish Grant said DOC rangers and about 50 volunteers started searching for the whales at first light, and found the pod of surviving 28 whales about 7am. As they did the day before, volunteers formed a human chain to walk the whales out to deeper water on Tuesday morning – keeping them together as a group to improve their chances of reorienting themselves. Braden Fastier/Stuff The whales were looking fatigued when rescuers arrived on Tuesday morning, with...