{"id":313294,"date":"2026-03-04T23:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T23:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/313294\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T23:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T23:20:09","slug":"rare-whale-stranded-in-inner-auckland-city-bay-breaks-free-thanks-to-local-volunteers-nz-herald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/313294\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare whale stranded in inner Auckland city bay breaks free thanks to local volunteers &#8211; NZ Herald"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi2wFBVV95cUxPenZqQmFvb0tpX1dDSnloNXdrZmdGTmRKRE9OUVg3OUlsOTdfRVpkSFRkdlMtR2pZMWRuZWZqNS1QTnliMVdUWjYycll3U0hMXzBEdnZoTmo4TjQyUmNXZHVqTmZOTVEyMXZUOTZ0NHltdmtwV05oQVVNQlpnRGlJQnBhLXFRT2JwMHBwS1ZFNC1mMEs1UFBiaV8tb3lTRks2bVg2UmlSX2M1NHljRU1aRXZQQWs0NmFhdjJJY2hNTm9UdW5ZZTNfb3E5MmxhQ3QwODludk5mZ3BZTGc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rare whale stranded in inner Auckland city bay breaks free thanks to local volunteers<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi6wFBVV95cUxON29pWUJlOXZSRG9KZHJCQldfU3E4V1NSc3puMko3eTN3TnI2MlhZOVlzWVhOMS1vQXB2dVZQT2dxVzJqQk9SU2tpeUVCTTNRUXpxR1ZlN2JWOXQ3Q1lHWF9wUHpRODhGLUNLRG02czZOdGRsV0dWU3Z6NDhGVV96WE1qVmtYRk1zT1A3VFNrczR2TTZQVXFyVi1UdllVNXRFLVVuYVNWMW1wRXhPdWxseW5GdTBOVGRFWTNFTzJSUzJkc1A4ejFrYXJDVnBfTEVjRUd2T1lNUlg0RUJLYmttNzdaSF9EVUhSMFdz?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rare whale dies after being rescued from stranding in inner Auckland harbour, found 18km away<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirwFBVV95cUxPU3k3V3gyS2F1dm90M3hXTGZDckNzbzd3dWlPaVFOYTVvYmtvS2ZRaUFFdjlDbGw4Z3psQmlnOUc3SXZnLU5lUjNGV3dobHFxWW40cjdzMUxLc3FwRTFfRVExbE5pcl9HZVJ0LTBaT3l0WklwZ0NlRWlPNEttYjNKa0lBSW9fT2taemVvLWJ2dmo5eVlseWZCWXN5QVRKNHFXOVZjQlpGY3NOMlpodElB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Deep-sea whale re-floated after stranding on central Auckland beach<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxNOC1NT2J0QXRsQWJ1Ui1vSTd0TWVrRmthXzhDdEVUTkkxMVdkaXZwOWs1eGVfY3BrbHNVRzh6bVMyQ21TTmZZcHBaUVZfX3NsWUlEajVzUmluS0I5WHhoZTljY3BOTm5UbFlQdzR2LVN2T0MxdURQR1VaWmVEMlZ4RER4dDVzV0JMZXJZ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch: Whale becomes stranded in Auckland bay<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi9AFBVV95cUxPYjFVTEl6aWhOd2xjMmZCSndLODliWnNNaEdPTlZtUi0wRUtzaHFMWnc4NUVZSVN0aGUtM3drcnJ6VnZ0SG0zbk1VVmNzYktTazl2YjZldzNCWlN4ckwxSVQzU25rdUY3QW1YUkZuMjNmV1RsMXU3cG1TVXczeEhwS0lncUNDZmY0czlObjRETFZRQzZvU1FxTk1maG1xS2J3Q1JGRUFXbm9IYjg4T2FwVTZyWllWTnVqTFF4N29lWFQyeWNPTmpZeWRnWDhJMHdyMnNQRGlVUXB5SlRsSmVpdDJKLXhqNEV4T1c0S0dGWVJCLXFt?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Incredibly stressful&#8217;: Volunteers save rare whale stranded in Auckland city harbour<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rare whale stranded in inner Auckland city bay breaks free thanks to local volunteers&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ HeraldRare whale dies after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[51,111,139,69,147,170255,406],"class_list":["post-313294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-auckland","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science","tag-whales-and-whaling","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}