Picture perfect: a diver stops to take a photo while schools of blue maomao swim overhead © M Francis
Sentinel, a hingebeak shrimp stands at attention on a Turbinaria coral at North Chanter Island in the Herald Islets - a small cluster of islands off the eastern shore of the main island of Raoul.
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Kermadec Islands location - north east of New Zealand
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Picture perfect: a diver stops to take a photo while schools of blue maomao swim overhead © M Francis

We won!

Thanks to everyone who followed our expedition to the Kermadecs in 2011 – to everyone who asked great questions and shared our excitement as we made new discoveries and to those who simply came back to check out new posts. ► Read More…

Sentinel, a hingebeak shrimp stands at attention on a Turbinaria coral at North Chanter Island in the Herald Islets - a small cluster of islands off the eastern shore of the main island of Raoul.

Expedition brought to life on the pages of NZ Geographic

A twenty-eight page feature in the latest September/October 2011 issue of New Zealand Geographic brings together some of the most spectacular images from the Kermadecs expedition, taken by photographer Rich Robinson, and insights into the incredible marine environment from science ► Read More…

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Kermadecs hit Wellington – Wed, August 24 at 6pm

Wellington followers of the incredible expedition to the Kermadec Islands can join Dr Tom Trnski at Meow Cafe next Wednesday (August 24) at 6pm. Tom will explain what the multi-organisation research team got up to above and below the water ► Read More…

Kermadec Islands location - north east of New Zealand

Return from the Kermadecs – 4 August at 7pm

If you’re in Auckland tomorrow night and you want to hear tales of the Kermadecs expedition firsthand – and find out what the intrepid explorers have discovered since they got back – you’re invited to join Tom Trnski and Peter J. de ► Read More…