Institute of Marine Science

Te Whare Takiura Mātai Pūtaiao Moana brings together a wide range of expertise and facilities to help improve our understanding of the marine environment.

Leigh Marine Reserve, credit: Paul Caiger

We research a whole range of marine processes, from fisheries and aquaculture to oceanography and marine chemistry.

Haere mai | Welcome

Explore our marine research facilities

Perched on cliffs above the sea, Leigh Marine Laboratory is our marine research base and most northerly campus (about 100km northeast of Auckland City).

For alumnus William Trubridge, free diving has become a passion in which he excels. He holds multiple world record titles.

Kimihia te roanga atu | Find out more

Meet our students and graduates and find out where Marine Science has taken them.

Pānui tonu | Read more

Modelling Restorative Economies

Eva’s research is about integrating social and ecological knowledge to understand how to inspire the cultural change in the way we approach ecosystem restoration. In this short video Eva explains the concept of Restorative Economies.