Diver recognized in New Year Honours
Quentin Bennett was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to optometry, conservation and diving in the New Year’s Honours list. Quentin has …
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Tahiti, richest aquarium on earth
Proudly displayed on the bodies of Tahitians, you’ll find manta ray, shark, whale and sea turtle tattoos that tell the story of a people defined by the sea. …
NIWA’s underwater photo magician
Crispin Middleton is a marine ecologist and national dive manager for NIWA, looking after the safety of 45 NIWA divers. Based at Bream Bay, Whangarei, Crispin …
Antarctica’s Ross Sea to be further explored
Twenty one scientists supported by 19 crew members departed on NIWA’s research vessel Tangaroa recently to study Antarctica’s ocean, atmosphere and …
Full frame? Or crop size sensor? Top Digital Imaging know how
In the previous issue we looked at mirrorless full-frame cameras and compared them with the more familiar DSLR cameras. With Nikon and Canon recently joining …
Cycling on the Seabed? (Back in the Day!)
Abbreviated slightly from a report at the time by Keith Cardwell. The Spirit of New Zealand is still going strong. Please donate to this fantastic cause. In …
Tara Returns with Startling New Data
Following a course from the Panama Canal to Japan (2016–2017), then from New Zealand to China (2017–2018), for two and half years the schooner Tara has …
Diving Fjordland!
The great Jacques Cousteau placed Fiordland in his Top 10 destinations for diving! We’ve had dive photo journalists rate it much higher with one recently …
The Sounds of Seaweed Synthesizing
A recent NIW study has shown how gas bubbles released by seaweeds during photosynthesis produce sounds which correlate to the amount of oxygen they release. Dr …
Treasure Tag Found on Northland Beach
While walking on Ninety Mile Beach in the far north of New Zealand recently Clare Veltman spotted an object on the sand shaped like a large fishing lure with …