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22 February 2021 This was my first time attending a whale stranding. I did the PJ course in Nelson just over two years ago, and…

27 December 2009 A beautiful day after Boxing Day dawned over the Coromandel Peninsula, my partner and I had arrived the day before to spend…

27 December 2009 I was lucky to be on holiday in the Coromandel when I received news of the mass stranding of pilot whales in…

Jo Wixey helps to refloat Nobby with other Project Jonah medics in a spectacular rescue mission 27 September 2008 I received the text from Project…

27 September 2008 The message was received 7am on Saturday morning – ‘Whale stranding BOP area, text back YES if you can attend’. Was this…

 Renee Kelly (front right) helps DOC staff to refloat stranded orca.  Photo credit NZ Herald 4 July 2008 I received the call on Friday, just…

Photo credit: http://booyatravel.com/valentinesday/ 14 February 2015 I trained in Nelson (where I live) last year and had not been to a stranding prior to this one.…