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More than 100 gannets found dead after high tides believed to have pummelled breeding colony


Seeing dead gannets along the Kāwhia coastline isn’t unusual, though it may be a troubling sight for locals, Waikato senior ranger bio-diversity Nigel Binks said.
“Just off the west coast we’ve got an island called Gannet Island, and it’s the most substantial gannet breeding colony in the country,” Binks said.
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With its 1.8 m wing-span, the Australasian gannet is a conspicuous, predominantly white seabird that is common in New Zealand coastal waters (File Photo).
“Last week, unfortunately, we had 10-metre swells.
“What we suspect is that the swells flushed the breeding colony and knocked young birds out of those nests, and that’s why so many of those young birds have washed up to shore a couple of days later.” ....

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