NZ Underwater News

Introducing some new and returning members to the Spearfishing NZ committee following their 2020 AGM and highlighting upcoming events.

NZ Underwater Association signs MoU with LegaSea and joins the call for reform to NZ Fisheries management.

NZAEE Seaweek is a New Zealand-wide flagship celebration of environmental education, and it's on right now!

Diving should always be done with caution, even when using fool-proof equipment as one diver recently found out.

Do you live in the Mount Maunganui area and are keen to join an underwater club? Now's the perfect time to join MMUC!

In response to the Kaikōura earthquakes in 2016 the pāua accumulation and bag limits have changed for Canterbury, Nelson and Marlborough regions.

Several sharks have washed ashore a North Auckland beach in a matter of weeks.

NZUA now offers the option to reissue CMAS cards to all divers who have qualified under the NZ Underwater qualification prior to 1986

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

The latest Our Marine Environment report produced by Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ has identified four of the most pressing issues threatening our marine ecosystems.

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

EMR has run a fantastic series of events this summer and there's only one left to go! Find out about the places they've been and how to get involved with their Poor Knights trip on the 18th of May.

Project Reef Life are extremely honoured to have been awarded the Terry Healy Coastal Project Award at the NZ Coastal Society’s Conference in Invercargill last week. Previous winners include NIWA & Ministry for the Environment.

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!

Many of us in the underwater community are in some way involved or are affected by fisheries and now's our chance to have our say by sharing our thoughts on the Fisheries New Zealand draft plan to improve inshore finfish fisheries.

Already this year 57 people have died in the water in preventable incidents*, compared to 66 in all of last year. In response, Water Safety NZ launches first-ever Water Safety Month!

Acknowledging the loss of some integral members of our underwater community

A great day out was had by all on September 21st for the Mid-Winter Snapper Shootout presented by Port Valley and Schnappa Rock.