What's in the water? A two-week expedition will reveal some of the incredible marine life in the waters around the Three Kings Islands and you can follow it through our new blog © Lloyd Homer GNS Science
Members of the Young Blake Expedition on Raoul
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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What's in the water? A two-week expedition will reveal some of the incredible marine life in the waters around the Three Kings Islands and you can follow it through our new blog © Lloyd Homer GNS Science

You’re invited on an expedition to the Three Kings Islands …

It’s been nearly two years since you followed us to the Kermadec Islands so we thought we’d take you somewhere new – this time you’re invited to follow us on a two-week marine expedition to the Three Kings Islands leaving ► Read More…

Members of the Young Blake Expedition on Raoul

A new voyage of discovery & an ocean of Kermadec blogs

It’s more than a year since the museum’s Kermadec expedition returned and now a ship carrying 30 students and 25 scientists, business leaders, artists, educators and adventurers have set off on their own journey of discovery to the series of ► Read More…

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…