Up to 300 whales have died in New Zealand

Rescuers and volunteers were racing to save hundreds of pilot whales in New Zealand's Golden Bay after one of the country's largest recorded mass whale strandings.

Whales dies at Golden beach, New Zealand Source: Facebook/Project Jonah New Zealand

Up to 300 whales have died and volunteers are trying to around 100 whales back out to sea, while trying to keep them as comfortable as possible.

Many volunteers have come from around the area to help the stranded whales in whatever way they can including this man.

It is New Zealand's largest known whale stranding since 1985 when 450 were stranded in Auckland.