The Three Kings Islands Marine Expedition

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To mama - 24.04.2013

This king fish is the biggest one I have ever seen.

wade doak - 23.04.2013

Wonderful exped. have followed with delight. Sharing it on my website and Facebook page. Lot to think about ... Wade

Melanie Cooper - 21.04.2013

No more days at sea now - they're home tonight! But if you want to learn some more from the expedition team you can meet

Melanie Cooper - 21.04.2013

Thanks for your questions Christabel. The team says the whale shark is by far the largest fish in the world. Fish defini

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You're invited to meet the Three Kings scientists tomorrow

Our expedition team is back from the Three Kings Islands and ready to answer your questions about what they found and to show you some of the specimens they collected to help build their understanding of the marine environment. The blog has been a fantastic chance to follow their discoveries but now you can meet them face to face and talk to them about their preliminary findings about marine life in the Three Kings. In the few days since the team got back on dry land they've already identified that one of the fish they found is likely to be a new species. So who knows what tomorrow will bring. You can meet four of the team - including University of Queensland PhD student Libby Liggins and one of the expedition's photographers Richard Robinson - tomorrow at 11am at the Auckland Museum. There are some more details of the session below and we've also got some more underwater footagREAD MORE...

Three Kings Islands Marine Expedition April 8 – April 21 2013

A team of scientists from five organisations are taking part in the Three Kings Islands Marine Expedition to collect and record the diversity of the rich marine life in the waters around these remote islands of New Zealand. The islands are home to rare and unique species that occur nowhere else in the world. This means it’s likely the team will find marine life that are new records for New Zealand or even for science.

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Follow the discoveries as they happen with our daily blog posts

Two underwater photographers and a science communicator are helping the scientists share their findings as they happen during their two-week expedition. Through underwater videos, photos and interviews on the blog you'll be able to discover some of the incredible marine life in the Three Kings Islands and meet the scientists as they carry out their research.