Experience the wonders of your local marine environment 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 events for Northland and Auckland for 2019-20 are now out! As the events go live 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 Questions567.14 KB

COVID-19 santisation of snorkel equipment policy Sanitisation_Policy_2020_Operational_Policy.pdf123.17 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. Our theme for 2020 is 'partnerships' and will be held in Kennedy Bay, Coromandel from Wednesday 22nd to Friday 24th April. Take a look at the programme

Do you know  a company or organisation  that would be keen to sponsor  some one to attend?  See our sponsorship proposal here

 Register for 2020 here

Take a look at our2019 proceedings here and see video clips from pervious events  below

Seaweek  29 Feb - 8th March 2020
 "Toiora te Moana - Toiora te Tangata - Healthy Seas, Healthy People".
EMR is planning heaps of groovy events! Take a look at our event calendar

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.