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Editorial by Dave Moran

Recently I had the privilege of attending the book launch of Treasure Below – The Adventures of a New Zealand Treasure Hunter written by John Pettit.

John, now in his 70’s, is one of New Zealand’s diving pioneers. He has a thirst for adventure and in particular shipwrecks.
I guess it was inevitable that he and the late Kelly Tarlton should meet and become buddies on adventures such as searching for the General Grant off the sea smashed west coast of the Auckland Islands at 50 degrees south, to sucking up silver and gold coins from the wreck of the Elingamite at the Three Kings Islands off the northern tip of New Zealand.

Page after page the adventures roll out as one of diving’s gentlemen takes the reader on adventures that unfortunately many of which cannot be repeated today due to Government controls and restrictions on such ‘exciting’ activities!

Australasian Icon Ron Taylor

‘I think that’s his tent over there?’
‘Could be - let’s see if he’ll let us look at his speargun’.
‘Er - hi Ron could we look at your gun?’
‘Sure guys come on in’
For a couple of young spearos to be in Ron Taylor’s tent and actually talking to him was as good as being in heaven. He was our hero. In the early 1960s he was already a legend amongst the tightly knit community of Australian spearfishermen. More

Lust for Rust

Dan glances at the daily itinerary, scratches his fine curly hair and shifts a wad of Copenhagen chewing tobacco in his cheek. He digs out a diagram of the Yamagiri Maru from a fat file, shifts the Copenhagen to the other cheek and starts the briefing.

‘The Yamagiri Maru was a transport ship. It sank from a torpedo hit and is resting on her port side.

Harbour Magic

Small fish swirl in front of us and crabs scuttle across the sand. Shrimps with bulging eyes duck back into their perfectly-circular holes. A piece of green codium seaweed drifts past in the incoming tide. It has a tiny passenger - a bright yellow seahorse.

Everywhere small snails move across the sand.

Latest News Knights not so Poor for these damsels A tropical fish never seen before off New Zealand’s coast was discovered at the Poor Knights Islands marine reserve. More New Zealand marine mammals join critical list At least 1141 of the 5487 known mammal species are threatened worldwide, with 188 listed in the highest risk ‘critically endangered’ category. More Diver lost after wreck dive Kevin Bailey (63) who owns and manges Blenheim Dive Centre with his wife Jennifer is presumed lost after failing to surface after a dive on the 490-tonne Holmglen in 55m of water nearly 36km south east of Timaru, New Zealand on 9 November. More		Upcoming Events 2009 24-26 January: Seafood Festival, Auckland, New Zealand 19-22 February: Moscow Dive Show, Russia 21-22 March: OzTek, Sydney, Australia 22-22 March: DEM Show, Taipei, Taiwan 27-29 March: Deep Indonesia. Adventure Travel & Water Sports Exhibition, Jakarta 14-17 May: Hutchwilco NZ Boat Show,Auckland New Zealand Photographic Compactions: British Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009 Full details at www.nhm.ac.uk 36th Festival Mondial De L’Image Sous-Marine (Antibes) Full details at www.underwater-festival.com Seafanz Shades of Colour www.divenewzealand.com.


Shark Finning in New Zealand Shark finning is alive and well in New Zealand Recently a Conservation Department officer in Nelson came across around 30 sand sharks that had their fins removed, some were still alive! Click here for more on Shark Finning in New Zealand.