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🐋 Whales off New Plymouth - 📸 Thanks to Sean Dent for sending in via our community group Photos of Taranaki - now…

🐋 Whales off New Plymouth - 📸 Thanks to Sean Dent for sending in via our community group Photos of Taranaki - now…

Tony Skilling

Tony Skilling

12 December 2025

AnimalsAnimals New Plymouth

Whales have been spotted off the New Plymouth coast — another reminder of the incredible marine life on our doorstep.

🐋 Whales off New Plymouth - 📸 Thanks to Sean Dent for sending in via our community group Photos of Taranaki - now with 80,000 members - see and share photos from all around Taranaki 🗻

Whales Marine Life Photography New Plymouth Coastal

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