R.I.P Moko
Department of Conservation (DOC) staff say a dolphin found dead in the Bay of Plenty is probably Moko, who has entertained beachgoers on the North Island east coast for the past few years. The bottlenose dolphin was found on Matakana beach, north of Mt Maunganui, yesterday. DOC staff would today examine the dolphin, which is [...]
Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus).
While I was in Poland a dead Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus was washed into Rikoriko Cave at the Poorknights Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Unconfirmed reports are that the Department of Conservation tried removing it and the skeletal remains are streched over a large distance. Your email:
Pretty Pods of Poison.
Published Weekend Herald Saturday June 26 2010. Written By Catherine Masters. Your email:
Seven Days at the Poor Knights Marine Reserve.
Some of the highlights from my first annual Seven-Day trip to the Poor Knights Islands with Quentin Bennett, Andrew Green, Franz Smith and Mary Carney with Ocean Blue Adventures on board their tender Mazurka with Kevin Delonge and Kent Ericksen. Quentin and various dive companions have been doing this trip every year around the same [...]
New Nudibranchs
On my last seven day trip to the Knights, found a few more Nudi’s I have not seen before. Your email:
Snapper (Pagrus auratus).
[ps-gal-flash height=390 width=590]http://www.photoshelter.com/c/depth/gallery/Snapper-(Pagrus-Auratus)./G0000.yD3PXrod98[/ps-gal-flash] Underwater Photographs of Snapper (Pagrus Auratus) One of the most beloved fish in New Zealand, By Underwater Photographer and Photojournalist Richard Robinson. Your email:
Pete Mesley Underwater Explorer and Deep Sea Diver.
[ps-gal-flash height=390 width=590]http://www.photoshelter.com/c/depth/gallery/Pete-Mesley-Underwater-Explorer-and-Deep-Sea-Diver./G00000J3o1LxoX04[/ps-gal-flash] Underwater Photographs of Underwater Explorer and Deep Sea Diver Pete Mesley by New Zealand Photojournalist / Underwater Photographer Richard Robinson specializing in Underwater Photography. Your email:
Poor Knights Seven Day Photography Trip.
A space has become available on a seven day photography trip to the Knights leaving early on Saturday the 17th April coming back on Friday the 23d April on board MV Mazurka with Ocean Blue Adventures. The trip is more suited towards experienced photographers. This particular group, excluding myself have been doing this trip each [...]
William Trubridge – World Champion Freediver .
[ps-gal-flash height=390 width=590]http://www.photoshelter.com/c/depth/gallery/William-Trubridge—World-Champion-Freediver-./G00004HJEPABHugw[/ps-gal-flash] Underwater Photographs of World Champion Free Diver William Trubridge by Underwater Photographer and Photojournalist Richard Robinson. Winner at the 2009 Qantas Media Awards for “Art/Portrait/Object”. Your email:
Nudibranchs of New Zealand.
[ps-gal-flash height=390 width=590]http://www.photoshelter.com/c/depth/gallery/Nudibranchs-of-New-Zealand./G00001LU_nWwAfio[/ps-gal-flash] Underwater Photography of Nudibranchs and other Molluscs at the Poor Knights Marine Reserve and wider New Zealand by Underwater Photographer and Photojournalist Richard Robinson. Your email:
Tiny Nudibranch’s
Over the last month Ian Skipworth has been helping me find some very little Nudibranchs. I must admit it is rather addictive trying to find them.
Trapania rudmani
Anna Clague spotted this little fulah the other week at Danger Rock. There is a little info on it at the Sea Slug Forum My buddy Ian Skipworth has only come across it the once, I take that as a good indication that it is not that common.
First Dives of a New Decade
Major goal for 2010 : One Hundred Quality Hours on Rebreather. 13 Down 87 to Go.
Deep Sea Explorer
First Published in the New Zealand Herald Canvas Magazine. Saturday 12 September 2009 By Greg Dixon. Copyright New Zealand Herald © 2009. In the deep blue of the Aegean’s fast-running Kea Channel lies one of Auckland diver Pete Mesley’s deams. The ghostly wreck of a leviathan rests there, her 53,000-tonne body torn in two, her [...]
Sugarloaf and Scary Deep
Dived the Pinnacles at the Poor Knights Marine Reserve, New Zealand on Saturday on a little Secret Mission testing a new Product for a friend. More to be Revealed on that later but it is awesome to see that the Jason mirabilis Nudibranch is back at the Knights after a few Years Hiding. Saturday 14 [...]
The Deepest Man in the World
Winner : Qantas Media Awards “Art/Portrait/Object” 2009 Award of Excellence : Society for News Design “Photography/Multiple Photos” Award of Excellence : Society for News Design “Magazine Cover Story” Published in the New Zealand Herald Canvas Magazine February2nd 2008. Online at www.nzherald.co.nz March 8th 2008. Words Claire Harvey, Photographs Richard Robinson. Every day, William Trubridge thinks [...]