3 December 2011

With whale stranding season already underway, we’re looking for essential supplies to stock our emergency trailers up and down the country.

While specialised equipment can be expensive, some of the things that can make a real difference don’t cost anything.

Everyday items that you’re getting ready to throw out could be part of our critical life-saving kit.  So just hang fire before you clear out your cupboards or garden shed.

We need light-coloured bed sheets, pillowcases, garden trowels and spades.

“Sheets are needed to protect a whale’s sensitive skin from the sun and wind. Pillowcases can be used as makeshift sandbags to help keep the whales upright, and spades and trowels make light work of shifting sand,” says Project Jonah CEO Kimberly Muncaster.

Following a busy stranding season last year, our stocks are low and we need to prepare for the emergencies that lie ahead.

You can drop-off your items at Dulux trade centres nationwide and at selected Department of Conservation offices.

“At this time of year we’re desperate for supplies that many people would discard as rubbish. Saving whales costs a lot of money so we save wherever we can. We want people to understand that the things they no longer want, might be the things we really need. In short, your junk might just be our treasure,” says Muncaster.

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DOC Drop off Centres

DOC Kaitaia Area Office, 25 Matthews Avenue, Kaitaia
DOC Kauri Coast Area Office, 150 Colville Road, Dargaville
DOC Bay of Islands Area Office, 34 Landing Road, Kerikeri
DOC Whangarei Area Office, 8A Kaka Street, Whangarei
DOC Northland Conservancy, 149-151 Bank Street, Whangarei
DOC Hauraki Area Office, Corner of Pahau and Kirkwood Streets, Thames
DOC Nelson Conservancy, Munro State Building, 186 Bridge Street, Nelson
DOC Motueka Area Office, Cnr King Edward & High Streets, Motueka
DOC Golden Bay Area Office, 62 Commercial Street, Takaka
 

Dulux Trade Centres

5 Agency Lane, Silverdale, Auckland
6/48 Ellice Road, Glenfield, Auckland
348 New North Road, Kingsland, Auckland
1/26 Portage Road, New Lynn, Auckland
1/159 Central Park Drive, Henderson, Auckland
119 Arthur Street, Onehunga, Auckland
148 Cryers Road, East Tamaki, Auckland
42b Lambie Drive, Manukau, Auckland
Unit 4, 509 Mt Wellington Highway, Mt Wellington, Auckland
21 Devon Road, Frankton, Hamilton
40 Second Avenue, Tauranga
124 Taradale Road, Onekawa, Napier
719 Main Street, Palmerston North
Unit 4, Marion Square, Marion Street, Wellington
1 Rutherford Street, Lower Hutt
169 – 171 Ferry Road, Christchurch
149 Roydvale Avenue, Christchurch
554 Main North Road, Belfast, Christchurch
100 Carmen Road, Hornby, Christchurch
243 Hanover Street, Dunedin