Another dead beaked whale was located nearby a day earlier. It has been buried.
A dead beaked whale being removed from near Nelson Quay, Napier, on Wednesday morning. Photo / Sarah Paroli
Napier resident Sarah Paroli was driving to the gym on Wednesday morning when she spotted people in high-vis tending to one of the whales. She stopped to see what was happening.
“The people standing there were really gentle with it.”
She said at first she thought it was alive but it was quickly apparent it had died.
Paroli said she had never seen a stranded whale before and a lot of people gathered to watch what was happening.