Whaling in New Zealand and in 1844 the last of the early onshore stations closed. Still, Captain Nye of the barque "Mount Wolleston" reported in 1879 that the northern whales averaged 10lbs of whale bone to each barrel of oil, and at that time were the most profitable whales caught. The following table presents the average yield of oil and bone to the northern and southern whale: A later shore station, Perano's of Tory Channel, Cook Strait caught 4200 whales (mainly humpback) between 1911 and 1964, when the last whale was caught in New Zealand waters. Since 1978, whales within New Zealand’s Exclusive Economic
North Harbour, New Zealand Harbour rugby team, which plays in the ITM Cup. Albany Junior High School is a school catering for year 7-10 students, with a roll of 912. It was opened in 2005. Albany Senior High School opened in Albany in 2009 for year 11-13 students. North Harbour, New Zealand North Harbour is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is located 12 kilometres north of the city centre, to the south of the suburb of Albany, close to the northern edge of the city. The name "North Harbour" also has a more general usage referring to all those parts of the