Trip to the Cowshed

The Bay of Islands is well known for its above water beauty, dolphin watching and the famous ‘Hole in the Rock’. Below the water, it is every bit as stunning. The diving has only improved with the addition of New Zealand’s newest underwater playground, the ex-HMNZS Canterbury, sunk in Deep Water Cove as an artificial [...]

Farewell Simon Freeman

As many of you would be aware, one of the illustrious characters of the AUUC has kissed goodbye to New Zealand waters and headed off on an overseas adventure. Simon joined AUUC in 2001. As a student at Auckland University he studied engineering and marine biology, graduating to a position as a product development engineer [...]

Rare pregnancy of weedy sea dragon at US aquarium

ATLANTA – The Georgia Aquarium is celebrating a rare occurrence: a weedy sea dragon at the aquarium is pregnant. It is only the third time ever that such a creature has been pregnant at a US aquarium, aquarium officials said. Sea dragons are one of the very few species – along with sea horses and [...]