Indigenous New Zealanders held a cultural ceremony for the four whales that died after becoming stranded.
More than 30 pilot whales that washed up on a beachfront in New Zealand have been safely returned to the ocean by hundreds of people who lifted them on sheets. The whales stranded themselves on Ruakaka Beach near the city of Whangarei in New Zealand's north on Sunday, before conservation workers and members of the public helped return them to the water. Four of the pilot whales died, New Zealand's conservation agency said.
A thousand of those strandings were pilot whales which washed up at the Chatham Islands in 1918, according to the Department of Conservation. Read more:Why the Caspian Sea is shrinkingAnalysis: COP29 delegates leave summit with a bad aftertaste 'It's amazing to witness the genuine care and compassion people have shown toward these magnificent animals,' Joel Lauterbach, a Department of Conservation spokesperson, said in a statement.
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