Rare albatross washes up on Northland beach

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A  rare type of albatross is recovering at the Whangārei Native Bird Recovery Centre after it tried to eat a balloon at sea.The grey-headed mollymawk was found by someone walking along Waipu beach.The bird as native to New Zealand, but it only nests at Campbell Island and Macquarie Island- south-west of Stewart Island.