Not to be overly sensitive or go all soft or anything ... but this is one of those feel-good stories that just lights up my day. (It's night here, but you know what I mean.)

NZ dolphin rescues beached whales.

... The pygmy sperm whales had repeatedly beached, and both they and the humans were tired and set to give up, he said.

But then the dolphin appeared, communicated with the whales, and led them to safety.

The bottlenose dolphin, called Moko by local residents, is well known for playing with swimmers off Mahia beach on the east coast of the North Island. ...