Hi All,
the story in the Dom Post this morning was originally about a 'mystery block of cheese'
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4700641a23918.html 
(!) that had washed up on Wellington's South Coast, with the hilarious quote that 'no cheese boats had passed Wellington recently'. However, it appears that the reporter has done a bit more homework, and filed this story
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4700787a11.htmlIt's still not clear what the object is, but DOC staff had a 'mystery' object wash up at Himatangi Beach last week, which it appears is a rotten chunk of sperm whale - could the two Unidentified Smelly Objects be related!?

Cheers,
Nic