Hundreds of people joined Live Ocean, Jono Ridler and the Black Foils at Takapuna Beach this morning as part of the annual Live Ocean Winter Dip, helping launch a challenge for people across Aotearoa and around the world to get in the water for World Ocean Day.
Manta Watch Aotearoa New Zealand is preparing for its biggest expedition yet, with Lydia Green joining a 1,100-nautical-mile voyage from Aotearoa to Tonga to investigate mysterious deaths of endangered oceanic manta rays.
Live Ocean and the Black Foils are teaming up for the annual Live Ocean Winter Dip on 7 June at Takapuna Beach, inviting the public to celebrate ocean health and support the call to end bottom trawling.
After 90 days in the ocean and a nationwide wave of support, the Swim4TheOcean petition is now being formally taken to Parliament, with 73,647 unique signatures – each one a call to end bottom trawling, starting with seamounts.
From Aotea to Ecuador, researchers are tracking the first migration of 47 young black petrels across the Pacific Flyway in the largest black petrel tracking study ever undertaken.
Jono Ridler and Live Ocean will meet with political decision-makers from across the House tomorrow, as the Swim4TheOcean message, backed by 73,647 unique signatures is taken to Parliament.
After 90 days in the ocean and a nationwide wave of support, the Swim4TheOcean petition is now being formally taken to Parliament, with 73,647 unique signatures – each one a call to end bottom trawling, starting with seamounts.
Jono Ridler and Live Ocean will return to Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington next week to formally handover the Swim4TheOcean petition to Government, marking the next phase of a campaign that has captured national attention.
Live Ocean Foundation has appointed Rosalie Nelson as its new Chief Executive, to accelerate its mission of scaling up innovation, science and outreach for a healthy ocean.
Jono Ridler’s 1,367km Swim4TheOcean mission has reached its penultimate day, with the final swim now mapped and his arrival into Wellington set for noon tomorrow.
We’re on a mission to create 1,000 postcards to protect the Hauraki Gulf and we need your help.
Send us your favourite ocean photo and a few words about what you love most about the Gulf, and together, we’ll spotlight why the Gulf deserves urgent protection – for us, and for future generations.