Rescuers have been racing to save scores of pilot whales in New Zealand’s Golden Bay. <br /><br /> There has been one of the country’s largest recorded strandings, with 300 whales dead.<br /><br /> Volunteers have been trying to send more than a hundred more back out to sea.<br /><br /> Whales often get stuck at Golden Bay, a remote but popular holiday area at the top of New Zealand’s south island. <br /><br /> The bay’s shallow waters make it difficult for whales to return to deeper water, according to marine life rescue organisation Jonah Watch. <br /><br /> In Golden Bay with Darren Grover, Director of the Jonah Project, and volunteers helping in the rescue of whales stranded at Farewell Spit. pic.twitter.com/VpbhqJWq21— Barry Coates (@BarryCoates) 10 February 2017<br />
