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He has begun the challenge at Stirling Point in Bluff - the southern tip of New Zealand's South Island - and will run northbound for about 60 days to the finish line in Cape Rēinga, in Northland.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon bucked tradition by choosing not to be in Waitangi for the celebrations, instead attending an event in the South Island.

A mayor in New Zealand's South Island said he was a "bit surprised" by the president's claim "when that honour belongs to Nelson's most famous and favourite son, Sir Ernest Rutherford".

Local officials were notified that the whale had been washed ashore on 4 July at the mouth of the Taiari river, in Otago province on New Zealand's South Island.

Christchurch, on New Zealand’s South Island, feels like a different planet.