Auckland, your rubbish

Ali Perkins — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:31:23 +0000

John Landrigan | 4th March 2010

We love our beautiful beaches, our gorgeous Gulf islands. So why are we turning them into garbage dumps? John Landrigan and chief photographer Kellie Blizard went to Great Barrier Island to see for themselves.

Hayden Smith (left) and Sam Judd clearing trash from the coastline of Great Barrier Island. KELLIE BLIZARD

A plastic bottletop dropped at the top of the Waitakere Ranges floats down through Oratia Stream into Henderson Creek and then Waitemata Harbour.

If it’s raining hard and the bottletop catches the high tides, it might be whipped out to Rangitoto Island within two hours.

If a southeasterly is blowing, it could reach Great Barrier Island’s idyllic beaches inside a week.

This journey is the story of a piece of discarded rubbish hitting the perfect – or, as the case is – imperfect storm so it can contaminate the furthest reaches of our Gulf.

Read full article from The Aucklander.

The End of the Line TONIGHT!

Ali Perkins — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:24:13 +0000

AUUC screening of The End of the Line TONIGHT!

Tickets available on the door – bring cash.

Club meeting tonight – Wednesday 10th March

Ali Perkins — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:55:47 +0000

See you all at the club meeting TONIGHT!
6:00pm, Wednesday 10th March 2010
Engineering 3.401

Our first official meeting of the year will kick off with a bang. Hear all about the club, what we do, where we go, how we get there and why we’re the best club at Auckland University! Find out all about the trip to Goat Island this weekend. Meet the people you’ll be diving with all year. Drinks at Shadows after the meeting. You don’t have to be a club member to come along and enjoy the presentation so bring your mates.

We will be accepting new member sign ups at the meeting (LAST CHANCE to get the discounted $20 student membership deal – CASH ONLY).

You can also buy your tickets to our movie screening of The End of the Line.

Did you see AUUC on breakfast TV?

Ali Perkins — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:41:28 +0000

Breakfast’s Tamati Coffey checks out some of the action from Auckland University’s Orientation Week on Tuesday 2nd March 2010.

View the Auckland University Underwater Club on the TV#1 Breakfast Show. Go to 2.25 to see AUUC.

Welcome to the Auckland University Underwater Club!

Ali Perkins — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:07:01 +0000

Orientation week only deal: get full year student membership for the discounted price of $20 – CASH ONLY. Bring your mates along to our stall at Auckland University to take advantage of this deal.

The Auckland University Underwater Club is a non-profit, recreational dive club. Student and non-student members are welcome. Our goal is to provide our members with access to the great sport of scuba diving, and other sub-aqua sports, at student-oriented prices (read: damn cheap!).

We offer PADI Open Water courses, dive trips, freediving, spearfishing, a club boat, gear hire, club meetings, deals with shops, advice, underwater photography, buddies, wicked social life and advanced diver training… all at fantastic prices.

If you’re a keen diver, or you’ve always wanted to dive, join us and start enjoying life below the waves. No experience is necessary as we provide the cheapest PADI Open Water dive course to get you started. From there you can come on one of our many trips around New Zealand. We look forward to seeing you underwater soon.