Dead whale washes up at Paraparaumu

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 8:45a.m.

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The massive sperm whale which washed up on the Kapiti Coast last night will be cut up into pieces and buried at a secluded part of the beach.

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17/01/2013 3:57:29 a.m.

pete wrote:

Agree with Jim,but then again when DOC is involved its anyone's guess as to what could happen,perhaps if they had been notified when the whale first washed up they could have wasted a 100,000 bucks trying to resuscitate it !!!,hey don't laugh,how much did that bloody penquin cost the country when it lost its way ?,bet a fat leopard seal is laughing now.

16/01/2013 9:26:16 p.m.

Conor wrote:

How on earth do you think they'd tow a 57 TONNE mammal over to the island? lol.

16/01/2013 4:16:33 p.m.

Me wrote:

The local iwi are taking the jawbone, and i imagine it will be buried deep near the dunes. i guess they wont take it out to sea for fear of parts of it being washed up again. i would have thought it would have been better to tow it to kapiti island or somewhere so it wont matter if it smells

16/01/2013 1:03:35 p.m.

pete wrote:

Ummm,buried at the beach ? if i am correct won't it then eventually be uncovered again by the tides ?,bet people who like scrimshaw would love to get hold of the teeth.

16/01/2013 11:26:13 a.m.

AJ wrote:

Are there no resources we can use from this animal? Why just bury it?

16/01/2013 11:23:03 a.m.

Jim wrote:

Why burry it? Why not cut it and throw it back to the sea for other creatures to eat?