http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38953557

[…]“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.

The beachings occur in the summer months, according to Gary Riordan, who is 62 and has lived in the area for most of his life.

„It pretty much happens every year,“ says Mr. Riordan, who runs a beachside camp ground not far from where they often become stranded.

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