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1266 days ago

Orca group seen off St Heliers beach this evening. Did anyone get a photo of the 3 Orca seen swimming along the shore line towards the city about 4:30 this afternoon? I was told one had a deformed dorsal fin and was with a small orca and an other larger one. It sounds like Orca Ben who I found on stranded on the beach at Mangawhai in 1997. We got him back into the water the next morning. About a year later his dorsal fin was cut by a boat propeller. I am keen to see a photo of the group tonight to know whether it was Ben.

Adrienne from St Heliers

Did anyone get a photo of the 3 Orca seen swimming off St Heliers beach this evening? I was told one had a deformed dorsal fin and was with a small orca and an other larger one.
It sounds like Orca Ben who I found stranded on the beach at Mangawhai in 1997. We got him back into the water the next morning.
About a year later his dorsal fin was cut by a boat propeller. I

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Poll: Are our Kiwi summer holidays helping us recharge, or holding the economy back? ☀️🥝

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There’s growing debate about whether New Zealand’s extended Christmas break (and the slowdown that comes with it) affects productivity.

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Some Choice News!

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Many New Zealand gardens aren’t seeing as many monarch butterflies fluttering around their swan plants and flower beds these days — the hungry Asian paper wasp has been taking its toll.

Thanks to people like Alan Baldick, who’s made it his mission to protect the monarch, his neighbours still get to enjoy these beautiful butterflies in their own backyards.

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