Twenty-one surviving whales from a mass stranding at Whakatane have been successfully refloated and are back at sea. DOC staff and volunteers at Ohope Beach had initially been waiting for high tide at 6pm tonight to attempt the refloat. However the conditions changed and around 11am they were able to successfully refloat the pilot whales and they had headed out to sea. The refloat followed 30 other whales who were refloated last night.
Stranded whales successfully refloated
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