Mon, Jan 23, 2023
Each summer the Hauraki Gulf lures millions of visitors to a unique seasonal smorgasbord. The Gulf is an incredibly rich habitat. The abundant phytoplankton that give the Gulf its green colour are the beginning of the food chain, attracting everything from mussels, manta rays and flying fish to bottle nose dolphins, Bryde's whales and seabirds.
Mon, Jan 30, 2023
North of New Zealand, where the South Pacific Ocean meets the Tasman Sea, the Three Kings Islands works a strange magic on many who go there. This group of 13 uninhabited islands is surrounded by very clear seas and is teeming with fish life. Made a wildlife sanctuary in 1995, the world's rarest tree was discovered here in 1945.