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Kōrero: Whales

Mass stranding

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Mass stranding

One of three species which strand themselves in groups is the sperm whale. Nearly 60 sperm whales stranded here at Tatapouri Point, Gisborne, in March 1970.

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Reference: Alan N. Baker, Whales and dolphins of New Zealand and Australia. Wellington: Biological Society, Victoria University of Wellington, 1972

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Gerard Hutching, Whales – Strandings: whales and dolphins, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/7186/mass-stranding (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Gerard Hutching, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.