IBMEC News

Last Friday our volunteer Andy brought a young Conger Eel (Conger verreauxi), or ngoio in te reo Maori, to the Bait House Aquarium for our...

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28 Jan 2014

Ozymandias the ''precocious'' octopus is a record-breaker after being possibly the first of his species to open a jar in under a minute.
And...

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22 Jan 2014

We invite you to join us at the Embassy Theatre on Monday 9th December for the New Zealand Charity Gala Premiere...

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17 Dec 2013

Today, our friend Simon brought us a beautiful new nudibranch he found along the Wellington South Coast. 

This lavender and white,...

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1 Dec 2013

Our recently arrived pygmy octopus has laid a cluster of tiny eggs.  She was found by volunteer divers during the Harbour Clean-up "...

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25 Nov 2013

Bernard has been with us for about six months. When he was brought to us by local fisherman friends, he had a badly damaged leg. It was...

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3 Jan 2014

Today a local fisher friend brought us a new male octopus that was caught in one of his lobster traps.  The newby has one of his legs...

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17 Aug 2013

One of our male seahorses is looking decidedly "pregnant".  That's right.  The female seahorses make the eggs, but it's the male...

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17 Aug 2013

Due to popular demand, we’ve introduced our week-long Ocean Rangers Holiday Programme for the upcoming school holidays. A series of fun and...

Victor
17 Jun 2013