Conservation workers and volunteers in New Zealand managed to rescue six stranded whales on Tuesday. Ten pygmy killer whales were initially found stranded at Ninety Mile Beach on the North Island.

On Monday evening, crews transported the remaining animals on hay-lined trailers to Rarawa Beach on the opposite coast of the peninsula, where the sea conditions were calmer.

About 200 people showed up to help, and groups of a dozen per whale lifted the animals into the sea Tuesday morning and refloated them on the high tide.