Island residents think dead creature found on beach is a rare whale...

Residents on a small island to the east of Kapiti have been trying to identify a rare whale, or possibly dolphin, washed up on their beach at night this week.

Karl Webber, who lives on Motongarara Island, just off the south-east coast of Kapiti Island, says he thinks the 4.7-metre creature is probably a Scamperdown whale....read more

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