State of Gulf Report a further wake up call
Like a cancer, metre by metre, litre by litre New Zealand’s Hauraki Gulf, the big pond that leads you to New Zealand’s largest city, Auckland, is steadily …
New Zealand not so green?
You would be aware of the New Zealand Fishing Industry request to Government to keep secret material including video collected from commercial fishing vessels. …
End Ocean Plastics
In the early 2000s I travelled to the city of Manado which is situated on the northern tip of North Sulawesi, Indonesia. On the map it appeared as an extended …
Demand fueling murky world of shark poaching and illegal fishing
In the ’90s this magazine ran a campaign to have shark finning banned in New Zealand. At that time commercial finning of live sharks and dumping their living …
Positive action, and some total bs about the stewardship of NZ fisheries
I recently had the pleasure of attending the New Zealand Underwater Association’s (NZUA) 64th AGM which was held at the Dolphin’s Underwater club rooms …
Is your scuba cylinder ok?
As many of you would know there has been some confusion re having your scuba cylinders tested and filled since a notice was issued on 24th January 2017 by Air …
Leigh Bishop takes us on a deep-wreck dive to Britannic
It’s amazing – really amazing! Just when you think the magazine has just about published all the stories that a diver could experience in a lifetime, …
Pressure on the Hauraki Gulf Continues
Recently I attended the book launch of The Story of the Hauraki Gulf by Raewyn Peart. This 368-page book has been a labour of love and passion for Raewyn over …
Time to Pass Over a Wealth of Diving History and an Opportunity – The Magazine is for Sale!
It’s been an amazing journey! We distributed the magazine’s first edition in December 1990 with the December/January 1991 issue. It just seems like …
Some Thoughts Regarding the Rena – Diving Fatalities – NZRDIG
In this issue we look at diving the remaining debris field of the Rena wreck. One of the comments I hear from those who have dived it and my own experience is …