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An unexpected low over Raoul Island forced the Braveheart to relocate to a new location near the Meyer Islands early this morning. Nevertheless ‘Thomas the Tag Engine’ was on the water as soon as possible and off to a great

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The humpback whales currently migrating past Raoul are travelling south from their breeding grounds in the tropical Pacific. This means that there are a lot of mother-calf pairs travelling together. Yesterday our expedition team was treated to the sight of

Little birds – great news!

While the whale team have been going great guns chasing those marine leviathans at sea, we shifted our land-based focus from medium-sized seabirds to the small ones. When invasive aliens (rats, cats, etc.) make their way to an oceanic island

Dr Tom Trnski

Auckland Museum

David Aguirre

Massey University

Libby Liggins

Massey University

Phil Ross

University of Waikato

Sam McCormack

University of Waikato

Andrew Pinniket

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Brady Doak

Our Big Blue Backyard

Kina Scollay

Our Big Blue Backyard

Kyle Swann

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Lindsey Davidson

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Ross Funnell

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Braveheart

For 21 days home for the crew is the RV Braveheart. The 39 metre long vessel has visited the Kermadecs many times before as well as other parts of the Pacific & Southern Oceans.