NZ Underwater News

The Wellington Underwater Club photo competition is certainly worth checking out on its facebook page.

The NZ 2019 Inter-Zones Underwater Hockey Championships were held in April with competitors travelling from around the country and overseas to partake.

Safer Boating NZ and Maritime NZ, for Safer Boating Week (12-19 October) have created a 'Paddle Craft Guide'. This helpful and comprehensive booklet provides safety information for kayaks, stand-up paddle boards, sit-on-tops, Waka Ama, and canoes.

Several meetings to discuss the state of the crayfish stock in CRA 2 (the area between Pakiri and East Cape on the North Island) are underway in anticipation of a management review in early 2018.

Changes to gas cylinders regulations and CARS

It’s been a fantastic year of momentum for Young Ocean Explorers. We’ve just completed our ‘Clean Communities – Clean Oceans’ school tour. Over 9 weeks we gave presentations to 68 schools, 12 teacher professional development sessions, reaching over 38,000 students and teachers. (During 2018 we’ve given presentations to over 59,000)

Head along to Ghost fishing NZ's events this month- The Mirimar wharf clean up on the 1st of December and Christmas Pot Luck on the 14th!

Help out a student from Victoria University with his research on marine values by participating in a survey.

The prestigious GUE NextGen scholarship was awarded to one of our own, Annika Andersen

Spearfishing tournament results and 2020 World Champs.

Come along to EMR's Poor Knights Snorkel day this weekend!

New Zealand Underwater is pleased to announce that the Minister of Fisheries, the Hon. Stuart Nash, has made decisions about changes to the Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and Total Allowable Commercial Catch (TACC) restrictions in crayfish management areas CRA-2 (Te Arai Point to East Cape), CRA-4 (Hawkes Bay to Wellington), CRA-7 (Otago) and CRA-8 (Southern).

Put your snapping skills to the test with NZ Underwater’s annual Photography Competition!

Spearfishing 2020 Nationals updates including venue location and accommodation discounts.

Safer Boating NZ and Maritime NZ have produced a helpful 'Safer Boating Guide' for everyone intending to take a boat out this summer.

Safer Boating NZ and Maritime NZ have produced a helpful 'Safer Boating Guide' for everyone intending to take a boat out this summer.

Maritime NZ have launched a new ad campaign with the aim of spreading awareness of the importance of taking a VHF Radio with you out on the water.

New Zealand Underwater interviews Dr Chris Sames, Clinical Director of the Slark Hyperbaric unit in Auckland, to better understand why a medical check-up could be smartest pre-dive check in the list.

The Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has added kapok-filled lifejackets to their recall list, advising these be destroyed and replaced.