A visit to NIWA: "Where water meets the sky"

The paua try to cling onto your hand! They are this lovely blue colour because they have grown up in a tank and have not been out in sunlight. If you look carefully you will see little yellow tags to identify its genetic stock. Other paua had red, green, yellow or blue tags.(The tags don't hurt the paua)
At NIWA they are running a paua breeding programme to produce a strain of fast growing and healthy paua.
Ms Harrison with a king crab. Ms Harrison invited us to NIWA as she is working there as a science fellow. She used to teach at Muritai School and says "hello" to anyone who remembers her!

A giant sea spider!

This is an isopod - a bit like a giant underwater slater! It crawls along the sea floor in parts of the Atlantic Ocean.

Each month the Wellington Primary Science Teacher Fellows visit one of the science organisations where one of us is hosted. Last week we visited NIWA. NIWA's focus is the atmosphere and water(marine and freshwater)and the life within.