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🌊Step into the world of marine biodiversity and explore New Zealand’s unique and fascinating ocean life and ecosystems!🐙Begin with investigating the rocky shore of the Long Bay-Okura Marine Reserve
🐚View a healthy, protected intertidal rocky reef ecosystem!
Become a marine citizen scientist for the day and contribute to our seasonal biodiversity dataset using iNaturalist
See how many different types of algae and animals you can find and identify!
💦Return to Sir Peter Blake MERC for a shared afternoon tea provided by Seaweek and the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO
🐬Learn about local marine life with experts
Hands-on displays and activities
Explore results from our seasonal surveys
Hear from scientists about the diversity of Aotearoa’s incredible marine life!
🐟We are excited to have Paul Caiger, author of Fishes of Aotearoa, to share stories of the incredible diversity of fishes around our coasts and here in the Hauraki Gulf!
🌟What to bring
Sturdy shoes for walking on wet rocks
Hat, sunscreen, layers for weather
Phone with iNaturalist app downloaded, or camera
Endless curiosity!
This is the last event of our Ngā Kōrero III Series supported by the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO. The series of live and online events began in June of 2025 exploring all 7 Ocean Literacy Principles. This event is focused on Ocean Literacy Principle #5: The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems. We have chosen this date to align with the International Day for Biological Diversity on the 22nd of May. It also coincides with our seasonal bioblitz events for Autumn 2026. For more on Ocean Literacy, check out our Educator Hub at Seaweek.org.nz!
More details at https://seaweek.org.nz/events/biodiversity-day/
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Event Venue
Sir Peter Blake Marine Education and Recreation Centre, 1047A Beach Rd, Long Bay, Auckland 0630, New Zealand, Auckland
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