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A seven-year-old boy has struck gold after finding a yellow soaking five dollar note floating in the ocean, which is now sitting at $755 at auction.  Zayne Hinton was swimming at Sumner Beach in Christchurch, New Zealand, when he came across the note last Saturday.  When his dad Brad Hinton suggested he put it up on auction website TradeMe as a 'laugh', he expected his son to pull in ten dollars. Seven-year-old Zayne Hinton (pictured) struck gold after finding a yellow five dollar note floating in the ocean. The note is currently going for $755 at auction  Zayne Hinton was swimming at Sum...

Every year around 700 people are rescued from rip currents on New Zealand beaches

STACY SQUIRES Zayne Hinton, 7, speaks about how he found an old $5 note in the sea at Sumner. He then put it on Trade Me to see if he could increase his riches and get enough money to buy a two-stroke motorbike. (Video first published January 22, 2021) Zayne Hinton was swimming in the sea when he saw something orange floating in the water. The 7-year-old made a grab for it and found himself clutching an old $5 note. He didn’t know it at the time, but that $5 note would soon attract bids for more than 100 times its face value on auction website Trade Me and take him closer to his dream of o...

Every year around 700 people are rescued from rip currents on New Zealand beaches

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...