
Inquiries continue into Kaikoura seal massacre
Police and DOC investigations are continuing into the massacre of fur seals at Ohau Point, a popular seal viewing point 22km north of Kaikoura.
Police and DOC investigations are continuing into the massacre of fur seals at Ohau Point, a popular seal viewing point 22km north of Kaikoura.
Calls from the public about a mass seal slaughter near Kaikoura are drying up, while the killers remain at large.
DOC says it is yet to receive any "concrete" information on who carried out the brutal clubbing to death of 23 fur seals near Kaikoura.
DoC is following up leads on who carried out the brutal clubbing of 23 fur seals near Kaikoura last week.
The number of seals which will die as a result of a brutal attack could be many more than the 23 found, a zoologist says.
Twenty-three seals, including eight newborn pups, were found clubbed to death on the Kaikoura coast. DoC believes the seals were attacked over a number of days.
SH1 north of Christchurch remains closed following a major slip near Kaikoura on Friday night.
Experts say the 100m-long slip between two road bridges south of Kaikoura is the biggest in years and could take days to clear.
The NZTA won't know until Monday how long it will take to clear a landslide that has closed State Highway 1 south of Kaikoura and blocked the railway line.
Fonterra says the earthquake has damaged some milking sheds, but all milk has been collected from its Canterbury suppliers.