Bearing Witness, 30 years later

From,Simon Childerhouse, Ph.D. Blue Planet Marine, Nelson NZ www.blueplanetmarine.com Hi Henk,  Happy to endorse your awesome service. The Tiama and her Master, Henk Haazen, have been both a stalwart and the preferred supplier to the New Zealand sea lion research programme in the New Zealand sub-Antarctics for the last several years. The very cost-effective yet thoroughly  [ Read More ]

We specialise in providing safe and reliable transportation and logistical support for research, filming or private expeditions to the Arctic or Antarctic or any other of the worlds  more  remote and hard to get to places, we pride ourselves for delivering on our promises, on time and within budget while having fun doing it. Please have  [ Read More ]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/science/10549526/Recovering-southern-right-whales-spotted niwa.co.nz/news/finding-the-right-whale-in-old-places

From, Kyle W Morrison, PhD candidate Ecology Group – PN 624, Institute of Natural ResourcesMassey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, 4474, New ZealandRe, PhD study of eastern rockhopper penguins Hi Henk, The getting-there is often one of the most memorable parts of any trip, and that was certainly the case during my five voyages to  [ Read More ]

2015. From, Ian Turnbull, GNS Science and James Scott, University of Otago, Re Geology, Snares Greetings Hope all is well with you and Tiama after an interesting but undramatic summer… Attached for your amusement is the end result of the two trips James and I did with you to the Snares: yes, they are made of  [ Read More ]

Source: Radio New Zealand  

Sailing identity Henk Haazen is a prime mover behind an expedition next week to restore an old coastwatchers’ base on the Auckland Islands. The larger than life Haazen, skipper of the smallest New Zealand-registered… Source: Sailing: History buff navigates icy depths in 8 person boat

From: “Elizabeth White,Subject: Hello and thank you Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 17:21:59 +0000 Hey Henk, I just wanted to drop you a line and say a big thank you for everything! It was a thoroughly wonderful experience being on Tiama. Both you and Steve feel like a very safe pair of hands, and even  [ Read More ]

We have had the busiest Souther summer season to date,  working with 2 BBC film crews in the sub-Antarctic to  film the mating ritual of the Bullers Albatross when the couple first meet after not seeing each other for a year at sea plus the extreme sight and noise of thousands of small  Sooty Sheer  [ Read More ]

Tiama is back at her berth at the NZ voyager Maritime Museum for the winter months, a good change   to give her some tender loving care after working hard for the last 8 months in the NZ Sub Antarctic, we will get to the Need To Do job list, and hopefully get to tick of  [ Read More ]

When we are at sea we  our position  gets automatically uploaded to Google earth follow the link http://my.yb.tl/tiama/map-only/   We have set it to update every 12hours, using the “Yellowbrick” Iridium tracking system.If we are in a city /port for more then a few days, then this system is usually put on standby  for the  [ Read More ]