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<p>Created page with &quot;A fireworks display for the Maori new year has been cancelled due to the rare visitor to Wellington Harbour&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A rare visiting whale in Wellington Harbour has won hearts i...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>A fireworks display for the Maori new year has been cancelled due to the rare visitor to Wellington Harbour&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A rare visiting whale in Wellington Harbour has won hearts in the New Zealand capital but forced officials to cancel the city&#039;s annual fireworks display.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The southern right whale appeared in the harbour on Wednesday and has delighted onlookers as it breaches and blows water spouts a short distance from downtown office buildings.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Whales regularly migrate along the North Island coast near Wellington but do not usually venture into the harbour.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The city&#039;s acting mayor Jill Day said the presence of the giant marine mammal meant a fireworks display scheduled for Saturday could not go ahead.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;She said experts had advised the pyrotechnics, to mark the Maori new year [https://www.google.com/search?q=celebration celebration] Matariki, could make the whale behave unpredictably.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The inter-island ferry had to wait to dock as the whale swam near the ferry terminal&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;We don&#039;t want anyone in boats or kayaks on the water, in the dark, to come off second-best if the whale breaches among them,&quot; she said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;We also don&#039;t want the whale to be injured in any contact with a vessel.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Day said there was strong public support for [http://byte-on.org.au/index.php/Use_The_Internet_With_Such_Basic_Ideas Byte-On.Org.Au] postponing the fireworks for a week.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Wellingtonians have fallen in love with this whale, this taonga (treasure), and they&#039;ve been telling us they don&#039;t want anything untoward to happen to it,&quot; she said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;The whale&#039;s presence is a true blessing for Matariki.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Whales regularly migrate along the coast near Wellington but do not usually venture into the harbour&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The whale has gone viral on social media, trending on twitter as users share updates on its location using the hashtag #wellingtonwhale.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It was slightly less popular with the operator of the car ferry service operating between the North and South Islands, preventing the ship from berthing as it cavorted near the docks.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;After sounding its siren and circling the whale for about 30 minutes, the ferry eventually docked when the sea creature found another place to play.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Advertisement</div>

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