WELLINGTON, New Zealand — More than 30 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a beach in New Zealand were safely returned to the ocean after conservation workers and residents helped to ...

Rescuers battle to save whales stranded in Australia 00:59. More than 30 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a beach in New Zealand were safely returned to the ocean after conservation ...

Then in 2010, two whole spade-toothed whales, both dead, washed up on a New Zealand beach. Firstly mistaken for one of New Zealand’s 13 other more common types of beaked whale, tissue samples ...

New Zealand: People come together to save more than 30 whales stranded on New Zealand beach. Indigenous New Zealanders held a cultural ceremony for the four whales that died after becoming stranded.

New Zealand’s Indigenous people consider whales a taonga — a sacred treasure — of cultural significance. New Zealand has recorded more than 5,000 whale strandings since 1840.