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When blue whales feed on krill, a lot of energy gets used up in the process of diving, holding their breath and opening their mouth as they plunge into the swarm of krill.
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In November 2016, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in New Zealand triggered underwater mudslides in the underwater canyon off the coastline. This led to high-velocity currents to flush 850 tonnes of sediment from the canyon into the ocean.
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Researchers at the University of Otago have discovered that the tawaki penguin, although just 60cm high, have no qualms about travelling nearly 7,000 kilometres to feed.
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After a record-breaking hot summer, rare tropical fish from Australia have been spotted in New Zealand waters, lured across the Tasman sea by warm ocean temperatures.
Read moreA new population of at least 700 blue whales has been found living between the North and South Islands of New Zealand.
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Situated off the Tutukaka Coast, a three-hour drive north of Auckland, the islands have long been on my radar. Featured in documentaries, including BBC’s original Planet Earth series, they have captivated me from the get-go.
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This information is needed because a number of divers use Spherasorb in their APD units.
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Residents of Stewart Island, New Zealand have pleaded for politicians to halt shark cage diving in their waters.
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NIWA marine ecologist Dr Leigh Torres is leading a team of blue whale researchers in the Bight on a journey that aims to collect critical data to enhance understanding of the blue whale population in the region.
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The Government has decided to ban the practice and tightened the timetable for eradicating shark finning in New Zealand waters. The first tranche of species will be covered by the ban in October 2014, with a second tranche a year later.
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Up to fifty humpback whales observed off New Zealand’s Kaikoura coast could soon be killed in the Southern Ocean. Migrating to the region for food, the whales face an immediate threat from Japanese whaling vessels.
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Air New Zealand had recently temporarily suspended carrying the product pending a review, after the New Zealand Shark Alliance had exposed the practice in local media.
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On 16 February 1986, she left Picton accompanied by harbor master Don Jamison.
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New Zealand is a centre of biodiversity for marine sponges," NIWA's Dr Michelle Kelly said.
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Our guide spoke their language and understood their ways as he coached the leader we selected on what to say and do.
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“A big shark called ‘Shack’, the biggest shark we have tagged, at 4.8 metres, has set the world’s deepest great white shark dive record,” says NIWA Principal Scientist, Malcolm Francis.
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