Two days of hundreds of people trying to save two stranded whales on a Northland beach ended yesterday with the death of the second whale.
![The juvenile whale died on Ripiro beach on Monday morning, after stranding on Sunday morning.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/MCMYT7GOPKCISNGE4Y5KEYWEGY.jpg?auth=feda0dccc9e284cc8e4bc1860bfa9fb70cde259b51cbf0193053b7be01fc865d&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
Volunteers, including locals, emergency service workers, Department of Conservation, Project Jonah, Whale Rescue and other groups, swung into action on Sunday morning after a adult female humpback whale and juvenile - possibly the child of the larger whale - washed ashore on Ripiro Beach, south of Dargaville.
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![Volunteers keep the adult whale wet.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/SEFIOHPSEK2MWTFDVC4BYJLN7U.jpg?auth=a79518eaf047c88c3f3cf3f07e4be29a5752459425ec831fe1d62cf9bc308dd3&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)