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  •   Home > News > Environment

    A dead orca has been found in the shallows north of Christchurch's Waimairi Beach

    A dead orca has been found in the shallows north of Christchurch's Waimairi Beach


    Department of Conservation, local iwi and Project Jonah members are there, and staying overnight.

    A Massey University vet pathologist will fly in to do a necropsy - before appropriate tikanga is followed and the whale buried on the beach.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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