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Three pillars. One ocean.
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25 years of
Want this in your school?
25 years of
ocean work.
From citizen science to cultural surveys, youth voyages to research diving — this is the depth behind what we bring to your kura or school.
Mountains to Sea Trust
National Instructor Training
Trained all Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust freediving instructors nationally for nearly a decade — delivering safe ocean education from Northland to Wellington.
Visit partnerNIWA
Scientific Freediving & Research Support
Research diving with NIWA scientists including shark research expeditions to the Kermadec Islands. Supporting citizen science marine surveys from the surface and below.
Visit partnerExperiencing Marine Reserves
EMR Instructor Training & Safety
Over five years training EMR instructors and volunteers, running safety programmes and delivering ocean education for schools across Northland through the EMR network.
Visit partnerR. Tucker Thompson Trust
Youth Voyage Ocean Programmes
Ocean education and safety programmes delivered alongside the R. Tucker Thompson's legendary tall ship voyages — connecting rangatahi to the moana through seamanship and freediving.
Visit partnerFreedive Aotearoa
Te Wheke Hauora Moana
An eight-layer ocean wellness framework grounded in Dr Rangimārie Rose Pere's Te Wheke model. Delivered in kura and schools — weaving mātauranga Māori with marine science and ocean practice.
Explore the frameworkKo Waitangi te Awa Trust
River & Freshwater Education
Collaborative programmes connecting ocean and freshwater education — breathwork, water safety, and rangahau in partnership with iwi-led river restoration and kaitiakitanga programmes.
Visit partnerSustainable Coastlines
Coastal Cleanup & Ocean Literacy
Beach and coastal education programmes combining water safety, marine debris identification, and ocean literacy — connecting students to the state of their coastline through direct experience.
Visit partnerRimurimu Project
Seaweed & Kelp Surveys
Citizen science surveys of seaweed and kelp ecosystems — training students and community divers to observe, record and report on the health of coastal reef systems around Te Taitokerau.
Citizen science projectI Have A Dream Foundation
Ocean Programmes for Rangatahi
Four years delivering hundreds of school-based ocean and breathwork programmes for rangatahi across Northland — building water confidence, resilience and ocean connection from the classroom to the coast.
Schools programmeDept. of Conservation
DOC Scientific Freediving
Research diving support for Department of Conservation projects — surveying marine reserves, contributing to biodiversity monitoring and supporting field-based conservation science in the water.
Visit DOCFreedive Aotearoa
Hauora Moana Cultural Surveys
Underwater cultural and ecological surveys led by wāhine — combining traditional ecological knowledge, freediving observation skills, and community-led data collection for iwi and hapū resource management.
Our school programmesTe Taitokerau Trades Academy
Marine Trades Academy Programme
A full marine education strand for the Trades Academy — NCEA-aligned, with a three-year pathway from student to SSI Freediving Instructor. Classroom, pool, and moana. Built for Northland, by Northland.
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Want to bring this to your kura or school?
We design with you, not for you. One session or a full term — classroom, pool, and moana. NCEA-aligned. Locally led. Built for Te Taitokerau rangatahi.