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		<title>Product Review : Scubapro Fusion Dry Suit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past month or so, I have been trying out the new Fusion Dry Suit from Scubapro. And I was so impressed that I put my DUI CXL450 up for sale &#8211; and bought one!  I must add, that I love my DUI &#8211; if you know me, you know that this is true [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.divemistress.net/2010/product-review-scubapro-fusion-dry-suit/</link>
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		<title>OzTek Conference 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The seventh OzTek Dive Conference and Exhibition is being held in Sydney on 12th and 13th March 2011. The location will be the Australian Technology Park. I wanted to attend the last event but I did not quite get organised enough &#8211; so I have promised myself that I will attend the next one. Produced [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.divemistress.net/2010/oztek-conference-2011/</link>
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		<title>Trip Report : Winter Wonderland at White Island</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A small convoy of us headed down to Tauranga from Auckland on a chilly winter Thursday evening. Jono, Veronika, Francois and I stopped for massive steaks (at the Horny Bull &#8211; Francois&#8217; choice) and talked about what an excellent weekend we were going to have. Whilst waiting for the rest of our group to arrive, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.divemistress.net/2010/trip-report-winter-wonderland-at-white-island/</link>
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		<title>Poor Knights Islands &#8211; Lance&#8217;s weekend Video</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lance was one of my Advanced Open Water students this weekend. Thank you Lance for putting this video up on YouTube! Related PostsTrip Report : Global Dive Advanced Open Water at the Poor KnightsEnter &#8230; The Dive MistressAnother Diver Certified! SK : Advanced Open WaterSpecialty Instructor Training]]></description>
		<link>http://www.divemistress.net/2010/poor-knights-islands-lances-weekend-video/</link>
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		<title>Mac Dive 2.0 Released!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nick (a Kiwi as I found out tonight!) has completed a spiffy re-write and new look and feel for Mac Dive and it is just gorgeous! Version 2.0 includes maps and a very Mac like interface, with menus for locations, better gear lists and sorting by dive dates. I&#8217;ve just installed this and it has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.divemistress.net/2010/mac-dive-2-0-released/</link>
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		<title>Rocking out at Volkner Rocks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The trip report is coming! I promise! Here is proof that the visibility that I will rave about is real &#8230;.. Jono and Francois diving the Volkner Rocks Marine Reserve Related PostsUpcoming Trip: White IslandOpen Water Certification Dives in Lake PupukeTrip Report : Winter Wonderland at White IslandPoor Knights Islands &#8211; Lance&#8217;s weekend Video]]></description>
		<link>http://www.divemistress.net/2010/rocking-out-at-volkner-rocks/</link>
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		<title>Trip Report : Winter Days Diving at the Knights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the few problems I have been having with this site and some little bugger who thought it would be fun to try and trash it, updates have been few and far between. It also feels like ages since I got out for some really nice diving and scratched my itch. In my quest to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.divemistress.net/2010/trip-report-winter-days-diving-at-the-knights/</link>
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		<title>Sperm Whale &#124; Richard Robinson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As mentioned in my recent Trip Report, we were on &#8220;Arrow&#8221; the day we all dived the skeletal remains of a Sperm Whale.  Richie has some amazing photographs on his side.  Click the link through : Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus). &#124; Richard Robinson. Random Posts12 species of fish on retail &#8216;red list&#8217; &#124; Stuff.co.nzTour Director Part [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.divemistress.net/2010/sperm-whale-richard-robinson/</link>
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		<title>Pretty Pods of Poison &#124; Richard Robinson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pretty Pods of Poison. &#124; Richard Robinson. Related PostsTrip Report : Two tones of Awesome!Qantas Media Awards 2009 &#8211; Print AwardsSubmerged at Flagstaff GalleryDive Mistress wins Photography Competition]]></description>
		<link>http://www.divemistress.net/2010/pretty-pods-of-poison-richard-robinson/</link>
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		<title>Diving after Pregnancy &#124; Dive Bunnie</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Clare Wilders recently published a great article on diving after pregnancy on her site Dive Bunnie. Here is an excerpt of this article. After the Baby is born! Well, you waited your time, stayed on the surface during those months of growing that new life that seems to have totally taken over your world. With [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.divemistress.net/2010/divebunnie-diving-after-pregnancy/</link>
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		<title>Training a Scuba Diver with Multiple Sclerosis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Late summer, 2010 and I had just started teaching Confined Water sessions after a few weeks off with a strained shoulder muscle. I had three students on this new course. The following post is my observations and understandings, and my research on training and diving with a person who has multiple sclerosis. It has taken [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.divemistress.net/2010/training-a-scuba-diver-with-multiple-sclerosis/</link>
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		<title>Upcoming Trip: White Island</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I will be leading a trip to White Island in a couple of weekends with a crew from Global Dive. The dates for the trip are Friday 11th, Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th June 2010. Diving White Island White Island is some 50 kilometres off shore from Whakatane and lies 8km west of the White [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.divemistress.net/2010/upcoming-trip-white-island/</link>
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		<title>Open Water Certification Dives in Lake Pupuke</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had a great time with a couple of my latest Open Water groups &#8211; as previous posts have alluded to. Teaching them was lots of fun &#8230;. even though we spent a bit of time in the lovely green Lake Pupuke And most of them are still causing me trouble  &#8211; we are still [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.divemistress.net/2010/ow-lake-pupuke-mar/</link>
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		<title>The Buddy Check</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve read a post about how, during a buddy check, one diver actually turned another&#8217;s air off and it was not detected until the dive had begun.  This should NOT have happened. Most technical divers do all of their own checks. They may ask for assistance but will generally ask that you do not touch [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.divemistress.net/2010/the-buddy-check/</link>
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		<title>Wetkiwi &#8211; Clothing for Divers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wetkiwi is about all things good underwater in New Zealand. Wetkiwi pride themselves on supporting local events, people and charities. Business meetings happen on the way out for a dive, and product testing is before and after diving. If you can&#8217;t tell already, being underwater is their passion &#8211; just like it is Dive Mistress&#8217; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.divemistress.net/2010/wetkiwi-clothing-for-divers/</link>
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		<title>A Long Way Down</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New Zealand Free Diver Kerian Hibbs appeared in The Dominion Post again today. The Dom published an article by Simon Edwards in the Hutt local news section on Kerian and his intense focus and attitude to training that now sees him ranked seventh in the world. Hibbs, 38, is ranked seventh in the world in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.divemistress.net/2010/a-long-way-down/</link>
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		<title>Open Water Divers Bond</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have just finished teaching a PADI Open Water dive course &#8211; and it has been one of the most fun (if not absolutely the most fun) that I have had since I have been teaching. Alan, John and Nickie all got on really well right from the very beginning. And then when Nickie&#8217;s husband [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.divemistress.net/2010/open-water-divers-bond/</link>
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		<title>Scuba Diver Girls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scuba Diver Girls know that Scuba Diving is just plain fun. \Diving with your friends and doing fun stuff is better. Diving with your new girlfriends and laughing is the best! Margot and Stephanie have started a Girls Diving Club in San Diego and it is quickly spreading all over the world! SDG try and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.divemistress.net/2010/scuba-diver-girls/</link>
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		<title>Whats Been Happening?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Obviously it has been far too quiet around here lately.  Quiet is a polite way of wording it. So what has been happening for Dive Mistress in 2010? Well 2010 actually started off with a hiss and a roar. I&#8217;ll be adding a trip report from the New Year liveaboard trip &#8211; of which one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.divemistress.net/2010/whats-been-happening/</link>
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		<title>Fourth Element Dive Adventures &#8211; The HMNZS Canterbury</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New Zealand scuba divers have been given the opportunity to get out diving with Fourth Element Dive Adventures. Fourth Element offered 10 spaces on Northland Dive&#8217;s super dive boat to get out and enjoy the wrecks of the Rainbow Warrior and HMNZS Canterbury &#8211; all in exchange for trip reports, photographs and videos.  My specialty! [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.divemistress.net/2010/fourth-element-dive-adventures-the-hmnzs-canterbury/</link>
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