Experience the wonders of your local marine enviornment or marine reserve! The EMR programme organises Community Guided Snorkel Days around the country. We provide free hire for all the snorkel equipment and provide experienced snorkel guides to lead your discovery. Our national events for 2018 are now out! You can check them out on our event calendar or our Facebook page has all the events loaded www.facebook.com/emr.mtsct

If you have any further questions about how our snorkel days run please check out our Frequently Asked Questions594.02 KB.

     The purpose is to provide an inspirational professional development and networking opportunity for all those involved or interested in freshwater and marine conservation. Usually held in April, in Northland every second year and other parts of NZ every other               year.  Our theme changes each wananga.  Out 2019 wananga will be held on Friday 26th April – Sunday 28th April 2019 in the Far North, Te Tai Tokerau, Waimanoni Marae. The theme is “He Wai Rangitira” defines or denotes the underlying ancestral, spiritual,         strategic and economic significance of the water to us as a people and/or as a partnership with papatuanuku. We will explore these values and find ways to form stronger partnerships and collaborations for  common goals and aspirations.

      Registrations are now open - complete the rego form . Take a look at our programme here

Seaweek 3rd - 11th March 2018
Seaweek theme for 2018 will be "Toiora te Moana - Toiora te Tangata - Healthy Seas, Healthy People".
EMR is planning heaps of groovy events! Take a look at our event calendar

Caring for the ocean begins on land – 2014

To celebrate World Ocean Day on Sunday the 8th June and as part of an Experiencing Marine Reserves (EMR) action project, Campbell Mosely of Whananaki School organised a ‘cutting kerbside clean up’.

The world’s first human chain around the world’s first student-driven marine reserve was a success. 1005 Northland students, parents’ teachers and community members formed the chain around the landward boundary of the Whangarei Harbour Marine Reserve at Reotahi (Motukaroro) on 16 September 2009.

Presented by Experiencing Marine Reserves . Supported by the Department of Conservation and Pacific Coast Kayaks

Come and explore our local marine reserve by kayak. Learn first-hand about the marine life that lives there and get kayaking tuition from professionals.

Marine kaitiaki guardians from Kaitaia to Otago rewarded with Poor Knights snorkel experience!

The annual EMR competition trip is made up of representative students from each school that that participates in the programme. We now offere the trip to all eight regions where EMR is operating, thanks to sponsorship from Dive! Tutukaka and the Bobby Stafford-Bush Foundation.

This year we are excited to be hosting a charity dinner fundraiser at Wahi, Tutukaka on the 27th July 2018.

 The theme for our 2018 Charity Dinner is ‘Mountains to Sea’’ (fancy dress as your favorite marine or freshwater creature). The evening is hosted at Wahi and will involve a 3 course meal, fundraising auctions, entertainment and live music! Get your tickets from www.emr.org.nz/shop

In 2012, Experiencing Marine Reserves (EMR) was part od the inaugural Young Blake Expedition to the Kermadecs. With the aim of inspiring New Zealanders to understand the global significance of the Kermadec Islands and to encourage stewardship of the Kermadec Marine Reserve and the planet's oceans generally, The Sir Peter Blake Trust, together with EMR, the Ministry for the Environment, the Royal New Zealand Navy, Department of Conservation, Pew Environment Group, Air New Zealand and LEARNZ, achieved this goal and successfully followed in the footsteps of Sir Peter to mobilise and inspire the next generation of kiwi leaders, adventurers and environmentalists.

Back in 2003, during Seaweek, an awesome event occurred. It began with a powhiri, then the Dive Tutukaka boat ‘Calypso’ was boarded by a diverse group of Northlanders and special guests including the Conservation Minister at the time, Chris Carter, and Don Robertson from Blake Expeditions (a total of 45 people).