Lard lumps wash ashore in New Zealand

Waikanae Beach resident and shopkeeper Sue Wilkie discovered a large, white, barnacle-covered object at the water's edge while walking her dog yesterday morning.
"It really stood out. At first I thought it was an old float covered in barnacles.
"When I got up to it I thought it was concrete, but when I looked around the other side it was greasy and crumbly, just like the lump found at Breaker Bay.
"My German shepherd Bella was attracted to it, gave it a good sniff but backed off fast."

After the first lump was reported at Wellington's Breaker Bay at the weekend, opportunists tore into it, hoping it might be ambergris, a valuable spit or vomit excretion from sperm whales that is used in perfume. But it now seems more likely to be tallow or lard.
"It was awful, like rancid fat or lard."

I think it is a pork barrel!