Boat Officer Will had decided to steer Grade Raider to Little Barrier and I made a last minute call to tag along thinking I was going to be the only spearo. But it didn’t take much convincing to get prez Matt to put the steel into fish instead of on his back. Something he did [...]

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Darrell and Linda at Dive HQ Whitianga are looking for one female to share the costs of a room at the Matavai Resort on their dive trip to Niue, 25 June-2 July 2011. Niue is the largest coral land mass in the world. It is a coral atoll on top of an old underwater volcano [...]

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The Fish Team of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa has been sampling the deep fish diversity around White Island, an active volcano (New Zealand) in March 2009. Deep sea baited videos have captured fish diversity from 50 to 900m of depth and fish traps have collected specimens from 50 to 1500m. This [...]

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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 [...]

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Tuesday March 31, 2009 Richie Robinson I’m 30m down in the clear water of the Bay of Islands, swimming through the narrow passageways of HMNZS Canterbury, seeking to exorcise a painful memory. Suddenly, through the underwater gloom, I spy the object of my mission: a row of toilets. Success. Flashback to 2003, just before my [...]

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