An orca whale stranded west of Auckland was transported by road on Saturday and released off a city beach.
The 3.4-meter juvenile female, estimated to be three years old, was reported on Friday afternoon to have been beached at Huia, the New Zealand Press Association reported on Saturday.
It was looked after overnight by Project Jonah and Department of Conservation staff.
Department spokesman Bill Trusewich said the whale was small enough to be handled and a decision was made Saturday morning to move it by trailer to Takapuna, on Auckland's North Shore.
The reason for the 43 km journey, which took about 90 minutes, was that the water was calmer at Takapuna than at Huia.
Trusewich said the whale didn't take long to get refloated.
As it made its way out to Rangitoto Channel it was being monitored to ensure it did not try to come back ashore or lose its bearings.
Source: Xinhua
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