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DoC and Project Jonah are working to help the whale in trouble.

The orcas were spotted in Raglan Harbour feasting and playing with stingray.

Massey marine scientists facing the axe under a shake-up feel 'betrayed' by university.

Scientists have found big quakes affect whales' ability to find food for at least a year.

Wayne Brown of Hawke's Bay filmed two potential beaked whales near the shore of East Clive Beach. Video / Wayne Brown

It came on the same day four pilot whales died after stranding in the Coromandel.

NZ scientists have used a 'drone doctor' to take the vital signs of a huge humpback whale.

But Green MP Gareth Hughes wants Peters to express his concerns to Japan personally.

The whale was last spotted at the tip of the South Island, and is likely heading north.

A 30ha mussel seeding farm is planned near some of New Zealand's most pristine beaches.

Dramatic video shows orca pod hunting and killing the grey whale and calf.

5 transient Killer Whales attack and kill a Gray whale from start to finish. / Monterey Bay Whale Watch/gowhales.com

Whale song recordings aid recovery of rare ocean giant.

Scientists make crucial discoveries about a NZ whale species nearly driven to extinction.

A pod of orcas stunned onlookers in Devonport today.

Scientists are gaining world-first insights into the lives of Antarctica's whales.

Japan will inform the IWC of its decision by the end of the year.

At last report yesterday the six survivors were about 400m offshore and heading north.

Ngāi Tahu planning various cultural protocols, including a rāhui for people's own safety.

A pod of killer whales have been spotted in the waters of Wellington's Lyall Bay.

Top NZ scientist dismayed at allegations of Japanese whaling in new Antarctic reserve.

Whale stranding at Baylys Beach near Dargaville.

Wellington's first Matariki fireworks hinge on whether the whale stays in the area.

Activists are calling on Japan to "put down the harpoons".

Passengers on board Auckland Whale & Dolphin Safari were in for a rare natural show on Tuesday when they discovered a whale carcass complete with feeding sharks floating north-east of Waiheke Island. / Footage supplied by AWADS.

A pair of some of the rarest whales delight tourists in an epic encounter.

Army personnel dig a trench to the sea in a bid to help rescue a stricken Orca on a Marlborough beach. Twitter / @NZarmy

An orca whale is stranded at Marfells Beach in Marlborough

Researchers from Cornell University and Oregan State University fear that seismic airguns in oil and gas drilling areas are negatively impacting whales, with repetitive sounds travelling thousands of kilometres and repeating for months on end. / Audio from Cornell University.