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The Chatham Islands in New Zealand, which are surrounded by sharks, have seen 4,000 whales perish on their shores in the past 120 years. Over the past week, two mass pilot whale strandings have ...

New Zealand‘s Department of Conservation announced Wednesday that nearly 500 pilot whales died after they became stranded. The whales were beached on the Chatham Islands, which are located nearly 500 ...

Blooming seas were recorded around the Chatham Islands in January 2026, after satellite images showed large swirls of colour spreading across the Pacific Ocean. The remote island group lies far east ...

A self‑described “Germaori” has returned to court, insisting the Chatham Islands waka – and even the term Māori – has been wrongly understood for generations, a position an appeal court has dismissed.

From as high as hundreds of kilometers above the Earth, the waters around the Chatham Islands can suddenly appear as if painted. Mid-summer can see a ring of green and milky blue appear around the ...