Museum Rush To Claim Blue Whale Find – 17th February 1908
On 17th February 1908, Canterbury Museum’s curator, Edgar R. Waite couldn’t quite believe the goss circulating around Christchurch that day. A dead whale had washed up on a beach at Okarito, a dot on the map, roughly 137 km south-west of Hokitika. So excited by the news, I don’t think Edgar even finished his cup …
