Farewell Spit

28 Trapped Whales In New Zealand Are Refloated In An Attempt To Rescue Them

Volunteers Refloated 28 Trapped Whales in New Zealand for the Second Time

Medicine & Technology Feb 23, 2021

Volunteers in New Zealand helped refloat 28 whales to rescue them from being trapped in what is dubbed as a notorious site for mass strandings.

A Race Against the Clock—Volunteers in New Zealand Try to Save Stranded Pilot Whale Pod

Feb 13, 2015

In a race against the clock, volunteers in New Zealand’s famous Golden Bay are attempting to save the near 200 pilot whales that beached themselves early Friday morning, Feb. 13. In what researchers say is the largest beaching event in over a decade, the pod of pilot whales became trapped on a sandbar known as the “Farewell Spit”, which is a common trap for migrating whales.