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Conservation Week: David Agnew On The Intersection Of Surfing And Conservation

Josh GaleApril 25, 2026April 23, 2026

by Josh GaleApril 25, 2026April 23, 20260

DOC veteran David Agnew has spent decades living, working and surfing across the whenua, helping to restore wild places and protect endemic species. He says the intersection between surfing and conservation is clear. DOC veteran David Agnew has traveled the country with his work for DOC … and surfed most......

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Conservation Week: Moss Thompson, The Ranger On A Mission To Save Sea Lions

Josh GaleApril 24, 2026April 23, 2026

by Josh GaleApril 24, 2026April 23, 20260

DOC ranger and surfer Moss Thompson works in the same waters he loves –protecting endangered sea lions where they live, breed and play. Moss shares his story from the deep south. My family has always been the outdoorsy types and from an early age we were in the hills tramping.......

Conservation Week: A Predator Detection Specialist With A Passion For Surf

Derek MorrisonApril 23, 2026April 23, 2026

by Derek MorrisonApril 23, 2026April 23, 20260

This DOC ranger travels the southern surf coast, mixing her battles for biodiversity with sessions at hidden spots. Writer Jose Watson catches up with Melissa McNaughtan on the West Coast. Surfer Mel McNaughtan is a DOC Biodiversity Monitoring Ranger who works out of Hokitika. She is part of a team......

Conservation Week: How The Karioi Project Returned Birdsong To Raglan

Josh GaleApril 22, 2026April 23, 2026

by Josh GaleApril 22, 2026April 23, 20260

Next time you’re out for session at Raglan and you hear birdsong in the bush-clad hills above the break, remember the 100+ volunteers, including many surfers, who brought it back from the brink. Whenever Kristel van Houte is out at one of her go-to Raglan spots with her 6’10” mid-length......

Conservation Week: Looking Beneath With Kirsty Prior

Nicole StevenApril 21, 2026April 23, 2026

by Nicole StevenApril 21, 2026April 23, 20260

Surfer, diver, conservationist, civil servant: Kirsty Prior wears many hats. We caught up with her ahead of Conservation Week to chat about how surfers can contribute to a healthy ocean. One day, out at Jailbreaks in the Maldives a young woman was settled on her board between sets, when she......

Conservation Week: The Inspiring Comeback Of Lizard Specialist Ben Barr

Josh GaleApril 20, 2026April 23, 2026

by Josh GaleApril 20, 2026April 23, 20260

Founder of the Good Surf Now app, Ben Barr lived and breathed conservation until a surfing accident ruined his life. Whangārei writer Josh Gale shares his remarkable comeback story. There was a moment when Ben completely fell apart. He had been teaching Conservation and Environmental Management at NorthTec Wānanga, pushing......

Five Minutes With: Surfing New Zealand’s Ben Kennings

Derek MorrisonMay 26, 2021July 25, 2024

by Derek MorrisonMay 26, 2021July 25, 20240

With New Zealand’s competitive season coming to a close we put some tough questions to Surfing New Zealand’s Ben Kennings. Is Surfing New Zealand headed in the right direction? Are we looking after our athletes? Are we providing a pathway? Ben Kennings gives us an insight into what the off-season......

Crystal Ball Gazing: The Future Of Surfboard Technology With Primal

Derek MorrisonNovember 18, 2019

by Derek MorrisonNovember 18, 20190

New Zealand Surf Journal asks Primal’s lead surfboard shapers, Glen Carkeek and Steve Hamlyn, to share their insights on what’s coming next in surfboard design, technology and manufacture. With a combined 60 years of experience in the shaping bay and a bunch of shaping innovations already under their belt, we’re......

World Surf League Unveils Unprecedented Commitment To The Environment

Derek MorrisonJune 5, 2019July 25, 2024

by Derek MorrisonJune 5, 2019July 25, 20241

In an unprecedented move for a global professional sports body, World Surf League has today committed to becoming carbon neutral and eliminating single-use plastics by the end of 2019. This announcement adds further weight to the WSL’s existing ocean conservation efforts. Those efforts include WSL Pure, its non-profit arm, which......