After reaching Nelson and catching up on our office work, we managed to squeeze in a brief trip to Abel Tasman and Kahurangi National Parks. We had been planning on a weekend of hiking these national parks, famed for their coastal views and clear blue waters, but it didn’t quite go to plan…
We spent our […]
Our final event in Invercargill, New Zealand was with Forest and Bird Southland branch and we were really looking forward to this event. Our hosts Chris and Brian Rance were very welcoming and Chris showed us their own conservation project before our evening lecture at the Forest and Bird AGM. They have created their own […]
Our latest article for The Scuba News discusses the controversy surrounding the cage diving industry within New Zealand. Is cage diving with Great White sharks right or wrong?
http://www.thescubanews.com/2015/05/03/cage-diving-with-great-white-sharks-is-it-right-or-wrong/
We were recently interviewed by 3 News about the Great White shark cage diving industry at Stewart Island, New Zealand. This industry is highly controversial as locals fear the cage diving operations may have negative impacts upon their fishing industry and water users’ safety. You can read about their concerns and our interview here:
http://www.3news.co.nz/nznews/sharks-a-threat-to-paua-divers–nz-first-2015042110
Our first two weeks in New Zealand have flown by with a variety of shark conservation events in Christchurch and surrounds. We have had a busy and fun time sharing our work with adults and children including at Templeton, Opawa, Clarkville and Papanui Primary schools. The reception we received at each school was very positive […]
Nicholas and I are delighted to share with you some very special Friends for Sharks news
…. we are engaged to be married!
We have spent the past two weeks on Rarotonga in the Cook Islands providing our Friends for Sharks event for the local schools and Friday 13th March turned out to be a day we […]
We are in the City of London this week providing a variety of shark conservation events for adults and children. We started off with a lecture for the London School of Diving and then spent a day providing shark art for children and adults at SEA LIFE London Aquarium. Both events were great fun, we […]
We had a great day at SEA LIFE London Aquarium today providing free shark art for children and adults. It is half-term and the aquarium was full of enthusiastic children (and adults!) of all ages, who thoroughly enjoyed creating shark art and learning about the different species of sharks.
We were positioned next to the shark […]
How time flies! We have reached the end of our time in the South West of England. During our winter in Cornwall we have been interviewed live on BBC Radio Cornwall about shark conservation, completed a Freezing Swim for Sharks in Padstow harbour, met many wonderful shark enthusiasts and thoroughly enjoyed the stunning scenery of […]
“It was a cold and windy winter’s day!”
Every story needs a dramatic start and that particular cliché seems appropriate when on New Year’s Day 2015 Friends for Sharks stepped out to make good on the promise of the previous 2 months of fundraising. At midday Nicholas was due to swim for as long/far as possible […]
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