New Zealand GeoGraphic/Tamatea Blue Adventure: 2nd-6th June 2025

Four nights in the heart of Fiordland, and the memories still cling like salt to our skin. This wasn’t just another voyage aboard Flightless — it was an exploration with NZ Geographic, diving into the stories hidden beneath the waves of Fiordland’s great marine reserves.
We also had some MAD volunteers aboard that helped to clean up the last of the gear from the Undaria Project and serviced the traps on Indian & Long.

One story framed it all: the fate of the hāpuku. Andrew Penniket’s words and Richard Robinson’s images capture it in NZ Geographic’s feature: We loved hāpuku too much. Now we have a second chance. After this trip, those words resonate even deeper.