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At least 49 whales beached on Monday.

Stranded whales on Northland beach likely to be a family pod 27 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 3 minutes to read This Gray's beaked whale died after numerous attempts to refloat it by locals and Project Jonah volunteers on Ruakākā Beach. Photo / Department of Conservation Imran Ali is a reporter for the Northern Advocateimran.ali@nzme.co.nznorthernadvocat Whales that stranded on a popular Northland beach, including one which couldn't swim back out to sea and died, were likely to have been a family pod. Project Jonah - an environmental organisation dedicated to the protection of whales, dolphins and sea...

Supplied Accessing the remote Carkeek Hut is described as the equivalent of going to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and back up, twice. As she does when her spirits need lifting, Mina sang. Sometimes it’s Madonna, sometimes The Bangles. Usually, the rule is she can only sing when running. Crawling and sliding through the Tararuas’ punishingly impenetrable bush, concessions were made. “When I’m at my worst, James knows I’ll crank out Meatloaf,” Mina says. “That’s her low point, and that becomes, obviously, my low point,” James laughs. He made the call – damn the hut, th...

They are learning dolphin first aid, wrapping him carefully in sheets and gently pouring buckets of water along his back, before digging trenches in the sand so there is room for his pectoral fins to hang free. They later work a dolphin mat underneath him, and carry him back to the sea. The efforts are part of Project Jonah's annual marine mammal medic training courses. CHRIS SKELTON/Stuff Project Jonah volunteers in-training on Sumner Beach, Christchurch. New Zealand is a hotspot for marine mammal strandings, which are managed by the Department of Conservation (DOC). Since 1840, more t...