The sperm whales washed up on Ripiro Beach and were currently being harvested by local iwi. Photo / DoCThree male sperm whales stranded on a Northland beach have all died. The Department of Conservation today said the whales stranded on Ripiro Beach on the Poutu Peninsula, near Dargaville, on Monday night. One of the dead sperm whales on Ripiro Beach, near Dargaville. "The most recent largest mass stranding was in 2018 when 13 male sperm whales stranded in end of May in the South Taranaki Bight," she said.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 10, 2021 00:22 UTC