Each year locals from Golden Bay at the top of New Zealand's South Island know to expect a whale beaching at a narrow strip of sand curving into the Cook Strait, known as Farewell Spit. Ben Collins looks at what makes the area so deadly. Each year, according to the conservation group Project Jonah, external, around 300 dolphins and whales become stranded in New Zealand. Many of these incidents occ
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