Nine pilot whales have become stranded at Farewell Spit, at the northern tip of Golden Bay in the South Island. New Zealand's Department of Conservation (DOC) was on-site on Tuesday and ...

Pilot whales that stranded on Farewell Spit in Golden Bay were refloated on the high tide on Tuesday morning. Rescuers, Department of Conservation rangers and the local community have been working ...

Biologists found significant blunt-force trauma on the right side of the head of a 3-year-old whale and suspect it was hit by ...

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The two pods of pilot whales were beached about 2km apart from each other on a beach on Rakiura or Steward Island off the coast of South Island. They were first spotted by a camper hiking in the ...

WELLINGTON, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Three pilot whales died on Sunday, including one euthanized by volunteers, after a group of 30 whales of a range of ages and sizes re-stranded near the northern tip ...

Three whales have died, including one euthanised by the Department of Conservation (DOC), after a pod re-stranded in Golden Bay overnight. Thirty pilot whales remain stranded on Puponga Beach near ...

Project Jonah said another stranding had taken place in Christchurch, involving a juvenile beaked whale that came ashore in New Brighton. Project Jonah was called to reports of up to 30 pilot ...

Ten pilot whales have stranded at Farewell Spit in Golden Bay. The Department of Conservation said it will try to refloat the whales at high tide later today. Ross Trotter spoke to Tuwhenuaroa ...

Volunteers, Department of Conservation staff, Project Jonah members and mana whenua will spend another day trying to keep stranded whales alive in Golden Bay. One of two pods of pilot whales ...

A pilot whale calf has washed up at Eagle Bay — close to where a mass stranding occurred in the South West yesterday — and a small pod has been spotted off the coast nearby. A spokesperson for ...

A whale sadly died after it became stranded along a stretch of coastline near Immingham on Wednesday. Volunteers from Cleethorpes Wildlife Rescue received reports of a pilot whale that was stranded ...