Pristine, abundant, unique – and ours to treasure

We’ve made it back from an incredible week in the Kermadecs. While we there we found a new record for the Kermadecs – a soldierfish (there’ll be more details to follow in time on the blog), checked in on discoveries from our previous 2011 expedition (such as the zebra lionfish which was also a new record for the Kermadecs) and filled in some of the blanks in our research and records for the area.

This soldierfish is a new record for the Kermadec Islands – a discovery we made on this trip

Zebra lionfish – a new record for the Kermadec Islands discovered on our previous expedition in 2011

During the expedition I’ve shared my thoughts about how important this protected marine environment is and what a privilege it is to spend time there but I want to leave the final words to Steve Hathaway, the videographer that made it possible for you to see what we were seeing.

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

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Kina Scollay

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Kyle Swann

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Lindsey Davidson

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Ross Funnell

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