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Nelsons Blue Lake – The Clearest Freshwater ever Reported

Brent Narbey

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1 April 2012

Nelsons Blue Lake at the top of New Zealand's South Island has some of the clearest water in the world, a study has found. The water is considered almost as "optically clear" as distilled water. Niwa aquatic optics specialist Rob Davies-Colley said it was highly significant that the clarity of the water in the lake was close to pure water.

Brent Narbey

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1 April 2012

Diving in New Zealand - A world of dive locations in one island paradise

Brent Narbey

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31 March 2012

Sub-tropical reefs, clear water springs and wrecks are the spectacular foundation on hundreds of dive sites along the often indented 15,000km (9320 miles) of coastline and in numerous lakes and rivers, many of which are of world-class standard. New Zealand is truly a diver’s paradise. British Born John Hopkins joined our 10 day diving adventure through New Zealand - this is his story.

Brent Narbey

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31 March 2012

Naughty New Zealander Hailed as Smartest on the Planet

Brent Narbey

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10 February 2012

Smarter than the Average Monkey

The New Zealand Kea, the world's only alpine parrot is known as the 'Clown of the Alps' to South Islanders; and has recently been heralded as the world’s smartest bird (its intelligence rivals a monkey’s) says the Institute of Cognitive Biology in Vienna.

Brent Narbey

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10 February 2012

New Zealand Giant Weta - Contender for Worlds Biggest Bug Status

Brent Narbey

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1 November 2011

Mark Moffett, a former park ranger and nature lover recently revealed how he spent two days tracking down this giant Weta on Little Barrier Island - an uninhabited nature reserve north in the Hauraki Gulf. Mark originally from Colorado, discovered the weta up a tree after walked the trails of the small island for two nights. "This became all the more amazing when I realized that this was the largest insect recorded."

Brent Narbey

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1 November 2011

Psychedelic Jumping Australian has nothing but Eyes For You!

Brent Narbey

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1 September 2011

Meet the Peacock spider - this 5mm Long showoff; raises his abdomen vertically, expands his flaps and displays them like a peacock's tail. But the brilliant colouring is not just for decoration.

Brent Narbey

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1 September 2011