Whales Rest - Ruakaka, Northland, New Zealand
S 35° 55.638 E 174° 27.581
60H E 270813 N 6021132
A large stone slab with a plaque attached is a memorial to the whales who lost their lives in Bream Bay.
Waymark Code: WM9J5F
Location: North Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 08/25/2010
Views: 8
On 10th November 2006, 37 pilot whales died after a pod of about 70 stranded at Marsden Point. On the 11th another 17 whales - adults, juveniles and a few calves - died when 46 stranded a few kilometres south at Uretiti.
However, of the mammals found high and dry, 29 were refloated with the help of hundreds of volunteers.
The Ngatiwai and the Takahiwai-based Patuharakeke hapu were each allocated two whales. They removed the bones and prepared them for carving and rendered down the blubber to use on carvings instead of linseed oil.
The remaining whale carcasses were buried in the dunes on DOC land.
Type of Memorial: plaque
Type of Animal: other
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