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Conservation groups aren't ruling out the possibility a pod of orca in a Wellington inlet could be the family of Toa, the orca that died in July.

Baby orca still missing pod after stranding on Wellington beach Newshub 4 hrs ago Whale rescuers are searching for the family of a baby orca stranded in Wellington. Department of Conservation (DoC) marine species manager Ian Angus told Newshub the juvenile orca was found washed up on Plimmerton Beach on Sunday. DoC, Project Jonah, and Whale-Rescue.org were all on-site to find the orca's pod and return it to its family. "Unfortunately, we were not successful in locating the pod," said Angus. The whale was loaded onto a trailer overnight and kept moist and cool by whale-rescue.org, which is "...

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...

Golden Bay Sei whale saga documents show hard slog and heartbreak for DoC staff and volunteers 6 Apr, 2021 05:21 AM 4 minutes to read 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 a...