Aucklander Pete Mesley is an expert deep-sea diver who’s recently been working for National Geographic. Listen to an interview with Pete Mesley on Radio New Zealand National at 11:34am on Tuesday 22 September (duration: 20′32″). Visit Pete Mesley’s website.

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1 September 2009
New fishing rules that come into effect on 1 October bring good news for recreational fishers nationwide, says Minister of Fisheries Phil Heatley.

A better method for taking rock lobster and the opening up of the Taranaki paua fishery are among a number of upcoming changes to the recreational fishing experience.
“Whether you’re gathering lobster, [...]

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Canon has announced a handful of compact cameras including models aimed squarely at keen photographers. Top of the line is the PowerShot G11, successor to its flagship PowerShot G10 compact released last year. The G11 replaces the G10’s 14.7MP sensor with what it describes as a high sensitivity 10 MP CCD though it still uses [...]

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Trip Report by Nicole Maston

A most excellent adventure started bright and early Saturday morning: The Annual Russell to Paihia Snorkel/SCUBA Race. Due to a last minute drop out, our team was one person down, so we got to the debriefing early in hopes of finding a random keen to join up. Success! An old AUUC member agreed to [...]

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What do shampoo, biofuel, fertilizer, mineral supplements, cattle feed, custard and sushi all have in common?

Seaweed is often an ingredient.
New Zealand’s seaweed is particularly sought after because it is uncontaminated and there is plenty of it. But overseas and local entrepreneurs have had very little access to it because of tight government controls of the [...]

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