A pod of orcas stunned onlookers in Devonport today.

Scientists are gaining world-first insights into the lives of Antarctica's whales.

Japan will inform the IWC of its decision by the end of the year.

At last report yesterday the six survivors were about 400m offshore and heading north.

Ngāi Tahu planning various cultural protocols, including a rāhui for people's own safety.

A pod of killer whales have been spotted in the waters of Wellington's Lyall Bay.

Top NZ scientist dismayed at allegations of Japanese whaling in new Antarctic reserve.

Whale stranding at Baylys Beach near Dargaville.

Wellington's first Matariki fireworks hinge on whether the whale stays in the area.

A pair of some of the rarest whales delight tourists in an epic encounter.

Army personnel dig a trench to the sea in a bid to help rescue a stricken Orca on a Marlborough beach. Twitter / @NZarmy

An orca whale is stranded at Marfells Beach in Marlborough

Researchers from Cornell University and Oregan State University fear that seismic airguns in oil and gas drilling areas are negatively impacting whales, with repetitive sounds travelling thousands of kilometres and repeating for months on end. / Audio from Cornell University.

Beached whale's beak sawn off.

Well, well, whale? There were some confused drivers in and around West Auckland yesterday

Barry Head was still grinning hours after helping rescue a stranded pygmy sperm whale.

Survival rates fall from 70 per cent in the 1990s to 45 per cent now.

Golden Bay whales may have headed back to sea.

People are being warned to stay off a beach where the carcasses of hundreds of whales are at risk of exploding.

Did recent seismic surveys in the area cause whales to beach themselves at Farewell Spit?

New Zealand 'disappointed' at Japan's latest whaling foray into the Southern Ocean.

Conservation group Sea Shepherd have photographed a Japanese whaling ship with a dead whale in protected waters.

The playful and curious orca entertained those on the boat for about 20 minutes.

A Coromandel harbourmaster has posted that he was stood down after saving an orca which got its tail caught in a cray pot last night.

Photographer's drone video captures local kayaker Tim Stewart swimming with orca off Army Bay

Stunned fishermen spotted a gigantic alien-like ball floating off the coast of Western Australia before it was devoured by hungry sharks.

Japan has advised the International Whaling Commission it will resume whaling in the Southern Ocean but has reduced its intended take.

The New Zealand Government has hit out at Japan's decision to resume Southern Ocean whaling - a move which defies the International Whaling Commission.

A minke whale that beached itself on an Auckland beach yesterday does not appear to have re-stranded today.