Species Focus: Packhorse Lobster (Sagmariasus verreauxi)
By Paul Caiger. The packhorse is a species of spiny lobster (aka crayfish) that only lives in this corner of the world, predominantly in northern New Zealand …
Advanced Knowledge Series: Are All Carbon Dioxide Absorbents the same?
By Associate Professor Simon Mitchell, University of Auckland. Introduction and recap This is the fifth in a series of articles appearing in Dive New Zealand …
Hot Tips: The Spotter
By Tine Funderud and Stone Meharry, Goat Island Dive & Snorkel. In our big blue ocean we have creatures of great size, from turtles to enormous whales or …
Further Comments on Dive Fatalities: A Matter of Perspective?
Why the Fatalities – Training? Or just plain Attitude? Or a bit of both? By Keith Cardwell, PhD. Diving is an adventure. Adventure often brings risks. And …
Trans-Tasman Team Freediving Competition (T3C)
By Shelley Gurney. From 4–6 August, the AUT Millennium National Aquatic Centre in Auckland, New Zealand hosted the inaugural Trans-Tasman Team Freediving …
Tawharanui – From Sea to Sky
By Paul Caiger. Imagine a piece of New Zealand coastal paradise where the native bush and all its terrestrial inhabitants are left to regenerate without the …
Renowned Freediver Ant Williams lets us into his World of Competitive Freediving
Interview by Dave Moran, Editor. Dave: Ant, tell us a little about your life before freediving. Ant: When I was growing up I loved sport but wasn’t any good …
Blue Lake
By Alexey Zaytsev. Did you know that deep diving is possible not only in the seas and oceans, but also in the mountains? Blue Lake is situated in the North …
Sharking Tagging Mission to Clipperton Atoll
By Michel Labrecque. I remember watching, many years ago, a Cousteau episode about Clipperton Atoll that contained images of impressive schools of scalloped …
Fiji: In the pursuit of happiness (& dogtooth tuna)
By Clarke Gayford. They call this place ‘the home of happiness’, which is a broad statement, because as we all know, one person’s ‘happiness’ might …