Progress is continuing on the long-awaited replacement vessel that will service the Chatham Islands, with the Government ...

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WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's conservation office on Tuesday said all 240 pilot whales stranded on the remote Pitt Island have died, just days after 215 whales died on a beach on nearby Chatham ...

The Chatham Islands in New Zealand, which are surrounded by sharks, have seen 4,000 whales perish on their shores in the past 120 years. Over the past week, two mass pilot whale strandings have ...

New Zealand‘s Department of Conservation announced Wednesday that nearly 500 pilot whales died after they became stranded. The whales were beached on the Chatham Islands, which are located nearly 500 ...

Blooming seas were recorded around the Chatham Islands in January 2026, after satellite images showed large swirls of colour spreading across the Pacific Ocean. The remote island group lies far east ...