Posted on January 31st, 2010 by Ali Perkins
By Eloise Gibson
4:00 AM Tuesday Jan 26, 2010
Mike Horne and Rosemary Tarlton with Dizzy, a three-limbed green turtle. Photo / Richard Robinson
When Dizzy the turtle was found flailing in the sea near Great Barrier Island, things were not looking good.
A shark had bitten off the 5-year-old’s flipper and the messy wound looked as though it [...]
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Posted on January 29th, 2010 by Ali Perkins
Last updated 17:08 28/01/2010
A diver has been flown to Wellington Hospital after being slashed by a boat propeller in the Marlborough Sounds this afternoon.
Westpac rescue helicopter crewman Dave Greenberg said the chopper flew to Ships Cove in the Sounds about 2.30pm.
The man was surfacing from a dive when his catchbag got caught in the propeller [...]
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Posted on January 28th, 2010 by Ali Perkins
SODS (Southern Ocean Diving Society) are putting together a trip to dive the wreck of the Mikhail Lermontov in 2010. Their last trip to see this beauty was a total success so here it is again – for all wreck lovers – this is the ultimate wreck.
You could get in some practice dives on the [...]
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Posted on January 27th, 2010 by Ali Perkins
Posted on January 26th, 2010 by Kathryn
By TINA LAW – The Press
Sixteen pilot whales have been moved to a hillside above Port Levy.
The whales were part of a pod of about 60 that stranded in the Bank Peninsula bay on Sunday morning.
Most of the whales were herded to sea by about 80 residents, holidaymakers and volunteers from marine mammal rescue organisation [...]
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