Despite the combined efforts of Maketu residents, Department of Conservation rangers and Project Jonah volunteers, a juvenile Cuviers beaked whale was stranded in Maketu Estuary yesterday. The 4-metre-long mammal was noticed about 7.30am, jammed on rocks by the seawall, near the old diving board.
Baby whale stranded at Maketu
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