Dive Mistress » New Zealand http://www.divemistress.net Scuba Diving Training, Trips, News and Blog Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:49:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Kerian Hibbs – FreeDiver » Ranked 8th! http://www.divemistress.net/2009/kerian-hibbs-%e2%80%93-freediver-%c2%bb-ranked-7th/ http://www.divemistress.net/2009/kerian-hibbs-%e2%80%93-freediver-%c2%bb-ranked-7th/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:15:27 +0000 dive mistress http://www.divemistress.net/?p=2658

8th in the World!

Our Kerian is ranked 8th!

75m CNF at Deans Blue Hole in the Bahamas – the 10th man to have descended past 70m in a competition.

Kerian Hibbs – FreeDiver » Competitions News WC 2009 » Swedish Mini Comp.

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Canvas magazine (weekend supplements courtesy of the New Zealand Herald) featured a fabulous article on one of my Instructors – probably New Zealand’s best Instructor – and the top technical diver in New Zealand.

With amazing photographs by Richard Robinson, I was really pleased to find that Richie had featured the article and his photographs on his new site.

Article and photographs after clicking the link –   >> Deep Sea Explorer | Richard Robinson.

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]]> http://www.divemistress.net/2009/deep-sea-explorer/feed/ 0 Sharp-toothed shark acts as midwife – National – NZ Herald News http://www.divemistress.net/2009/sharp-toothed-shark-acts-as-midwife-national-nz-herald-news/ http://www.divemistress.net/2009/sharp-toothed-shark-acts-as-midwife-national-nz-herald-news/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:31:50 +0000 dive mistress http://www.divemistress.net/?p=2630 / Photograph by Richard Robinson

/ Photograph by Richard Robinson

Visitors to Kelly Tarlton’s Underwater World were stunned to see one shark give another shark an impromptu caesarean section.

Staff were initially dubious when visitors came running to tell them there were baby sharks spilling from a wound in a female school shark’s stomach – courtesy of a large bite by another shark.

But they found a female with a large gaping stomach wound and four babies swimming in the tank.

Kelly Tarlton’s aquarist Fiona Davies said it was common for sharks to take chunks out of each other, even in the wild, but she had never heard of anything like this.

“It had to bite a certain part to let them out and do it without killing them [the babies] or her [the mother].”

Ms Davies said the unusual delivery had probably saved the baby sharks’ lives.

Staff did not know the mother was pregnant and, had she given birth naturally, most likely at night, the babies would have been eaten by adult sharks and stingrays before staff could rescue them.

The young sharks have been taken to a “nursery” tank with some baby eagle rays, where visitors can see them before they are released into the wild.

>> Sharp-toothed shark acts as midwife – National – NZ Herald News.

Shark Alley

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]]> http://www.divemistress.net/2009/sharp-toothed-shark-acts-as-midwife-national-nz-herald-news/feed/ 1 Water rushing out of Tutukaka Marina http://www.divemistress.net/2009/water-rushing-out-of-tutukaka-marina/ http://www.divemistress.net/2009/water-rushing-out-of-tutukaka-marina/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:02:29 +0000 dive mistress http://www.divemistress.net/?p=2525 An earthquake struck Samoa today at 6.48am at a depth of 35km and it was centred 205km south of the Samoan capital of Apia and 2685km northeast of Auckland.

A powerful tsunami followed and many people have been injured with homes and resorts obliterated.
Over 100 deaths have been confirmed and all over New Zealand our thoughts and prayers – and aid and funds – are being sent to Samoa to help those affected.

Civil defence director John Hamilton warned people to continue to stay away from beaches even though he has downgraded a tsunami warning.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued a Pacific-wide tsunami warning after the quake and witnesses estimated the wave that followed was between one and three metres high when it hit Samoa.
Mr Hamilton said while a 40cm wave had reached the East Cape, a 1m wave had been detected at Raoul Island that could hit New Zealand.

Courtesy – New Zealand Herald
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10600389

Kate from Dive! Tutukaka in Northland took this footage of the water draining quickly out of Tutukaka Marina around 2pm today :

courtesy of Poor Knights Diving Videos / Dive Tutukaka, Poor Knights Diving.

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We were going to be diving on the Tutukaka wrecks all day (HMNZS Tui and HMNZS Waikato) on Saturday but the weather is not playing ball.

So a different type of roadtrip/mission is in order – possibly Lake Okataina and the submerged pa!!
More details to follow shortly.

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Cast your vote and request that the New Zealand Government take action and stop the Shark Finning practice.

Click the link and sign the petition >> Project Shark Fin NZ Petition – Dive Planet.

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]]> http://www.divemistress.net/2009/project-shark-fin-nz-petition/feed/ 0 Upcoming Trip : The Rainbow Warrior http://www.divemistress.net/2009/upcoming-trip-the-rainbow-warrior/ http://www.divemistress.net/2009/upcoming-trip-the-rainbow-warrior/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:25:51 +0000 dive mistress http://www.divemistress.net/?p=2364 “When man has destroyed the world through his greed,

the Warriors of the Rainbow will arise to save it again”

This weekend I have my first opportunity to dive the wreck of the Rainbow Warrior.
A few of us are heading north to do two dives on what is described as one of New Zealand’s premier wreck dives.

The Rainbow Warrior

The Rainbow Warrior

The Rainbow Warrior sits in around 27 metres of water between the Cavalli Islands and Matauri Bay on Northland’s East Coast.

The Rainbow Warrior was Greenpeace’s flagship.
She was active in supporting a number of Greenpeace protest activities against seal hunting, whaling and nuclear weapons testing during the late 1970s and early 1980s

On its way to protest France’s nuclear testing on the Mururoa Atoll when it was sunk by French saboteurs on July 10, 1985, in Auckland Harbour.  One of the ship’s crew (Fernando Pereira) was killed and an international incident resulted.  France was supposed to have been an ally of New Zealand and denied any involvement in what was seen as a terrorist attack.

More information on the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior and those responsible can be found on the Greenpeace website.

New Zealand’s anti-nuclear stance became a national icon and not even the United States of America have been able to sway us since.

After the bombing Greenpeace gifted the Warrior to the sea she now lies as an artificial reef in the Cavalli Islands, a refuge for the marine life she was sunk trying to protect.

The idea was first proposed by the New Zealand Underwater Association.  It seemed a fitting end for a ship that had spent its time protecting the marine environment.

She was towed north with a patched hull on 2 December 1987.  Ten days later, a crowd of well-wishers looked on as it was given a traditional Maori burial.

Now home to a complex ecosystem, the Rainbow Warrior has become a popular dive destination.

The local Maori community maintains its kaitaki (conservation).

In a few short years, the Rainbow Warrior became an integral part of the environment it helped protect.

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]]> http://www.divemistress.net/2009/upcoming-trip-the-rainbow-warrior/feed/ 1 PADI Distinct Specialty – Self Reliant Diver | Global Dive http://www.divemistress.net/2009/padi-distinct-specialty-%e2%80%93-self-reliant-diver-global-dive/ http://www.divemistress.net/2009/padi-distinct-specialty-%e2%80%93-self-reliant-diver-global-dive/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:34:21 +0000 dive mistress http://www.divemistress.net/?p=2301 Global Dive in conjunction with Tech Dive NZ are offering the PADI Self Reliant Diver Distinct Specialty.

Andy practices SMB deployment

Andy practices SMB deployment

I completed this program in January this year and found it to be a most worthwhile course.

We looked at equipment configuration and requirements, at dive planning and measurements you can take to ensure that you are self reliant as well as gas management and planning.

As so succintly worded by Tech Dive NZ Instructor (and PADI Staff Instructor) Andy Connor;

“When the buddy system works, it works well… but many divers are often left in precarious situations by a bad diving partner!

The purpose of the Self Reliant Diver programme is to not only provide exposure to the skills needed to extricate oneself from such a situation and to emphasise the importance of proper dive planning as a means to avoid such situations in the first instance.”

A good question to ask yourself before a dive – to ensure your own prepardness is – Could and would I do this dive solo?

http://www.globaldive.net/padi-distinct-specialty-self-reliant-diver/

Two Spotted Demoiselle Anemones and Urchins Firebrick Starfish Teachings / Photograph by Andrew Simpson Heading Back Gem Nudibranch Gem Nudibranch Cliffs of Tawhiti Rahi Two Spotted Demoiselle Firebrick Starfish detail

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Dive Mistress videos are now live on Dive Tube.

DiveTube – Underwater videos, video, marine biology, diving, dive, apnea, ocean, deep, sea, scuba, cave, freediving, spearfishing, shipwreck.

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]]> http://www.divemistress.net/2009/divetube-underwater-videos/feed/ 0 Why I Became a PADI Diver – by Mads http://www.divemistress.net/2009/why-i-learned-to-dive-by-mads/ http://www.divemistress.net/2009/why-i-learned-to-dive-by-mads/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:10:26 +0000 dive mistress http://www.divemistress.net/?p=2273 Attached to this post is Madeline’s video entry in to the 2009 Asia Pacific Why I Became a PADI Diver competition.

If she wins – we are off to Australia for a 3 day, 11 dive liveboard trip.  Yes – WE!
I have told her she has to take me.

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