Kōrero: Diving and snorkelling

Swimming in a marine reserve

Swimming in a marine reserve

Dr Bob Creese swims with a school of blue maomao at the Cape Rodney–Ōkakari Point Marine Reserve in January 2002. Lobby groups such as the New Zealand Underwater Association’s Aqua Trust have promoted the establishment of marine reserves to protect New Zealand’s significant underwater ecosystems. The first, Cape Rodney–Ōkakari Point Marine Reserve, (popularly known as Goat Island Marine Reserve), was established in 1975 near the township of Leigh north of Auckland. The University of Auckland’s marine laboratory is based at the reserve and scientific research is carried out there.

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New Zealand Herald
Reference: 20 January 2002
Photograph by Glenn Jeffrey

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Nancy Swarbrick, 'Diving and snorkelling - The marine environment', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/9015/swimming-in-a-marine-reserve (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 12 Jun 2006