I’m going to be a dad!
So stoked to have got to a point in this journey where Amber and I feel confident enough to share our joy, because the biggest thing learnt so far, has been the realities behind trying. I feel like I have a new found sensitivity, likely in part to aid in becoming a father but also because I have felt so powerless in the hurdles my incredible wife has overcome. Miscarriages are things I had never heard much about, but when you are unlucky and experience them, you realise you are not alone and in fact so many friends have run the same road at times. For those who haven’t had to, I do not mean to take anything away from your experiences, I imagine and will likely see that creating a human that then entirely depends on you is hard enough. This will hopefully be our next chapter. But up to this point all I can say is that women are so incredibly strong, so driven, and so capable. It’s really hard when you as a guy feel like the car driving alongside the railway tracks and it’s starting to sway. What I’ve learned so far is all you can do is be a rock of support and tell them that everything will be alright.
Seeing tears rush from my wife at our half way scan, being happy tears, made the journey all worth it. To all those mums and ones to be, you are amazing. None of us would be here without you. To all those dads, I can’t wait for dad group chat lol.
My next big task before the baby comes is to figure out how I juggle my existing 6year old wolf who never likes sharing the back seat!
I’m going to be a dad!
So stoked to have got to a point in this journey where Amber and I feel confident enough to share our joy, because the biggest thing learnt so far, has been the realities behind trying. I feel like I have a new found sensitivity, likely in part to aid in becoming a father but also because I have felt so powerless in the hurdles my incredible wife has overcome. Miscarriages are things I had never heard much about, but when you are unlucky and experience them, you realise you are not alone and in fact so many friends have run the same road at times. For those who haven’t had to, I do not mean to take anything away from your experiences, I imagine and will likely see that creating a human that then entirely depends on you is hard enough. This will hopefully be our next chapter. But up to this point all I can say is that women are so incredibly strong, so driven, and so capable. It’s really hard when you as a guy feel like the car driving alongside the railway tracks and it’s starting to sway. What I’ve learned so far is all you can do is be a rock of support and tell them that everything will be alright.
Seeing tears rush from my wife at our half way scan, being happy tears, made the journey all worth it. To all those mums and ones to be, you are amazing. None of us would be here without you. To all those dads, I can’t wait for dad group chat lol.
My next big task before the baby comes is to figure out how I juggle my existing 6year old wolf who never likes sharing the back seat!
I’m going to be a dad!
So stoked to have got to a point in this journey where Amber and I feel confident enough to share our joy, because the biggest thing learnt so far, has been the realities behind trying. I feel like I have a new found sensitivity, likely in part to aid in becoming a father but also because I have felt so powerless in the hurdles my incredible wife has overcome. Miscarriages are things I had never heard much about, but when you are unlucky and experience them, you realise you are not alone and in fact so many friends have run the same road at times. For those who haven’t had to, I do not mean to take anything away from your experiences, I imagine and will likely see that creating a human that then entirely depends on you is hard enough. This will hopefully be our next chapter. But up to this point all I can say is that women are so incredibly strong, so driven, and so capable. It’s really hard when you as a guy feel like the car driving alongside the railway tracks and it’s starting to sway. What I’ve learned so far is all you can do is be a rock of support and tell them that everything will be alright.
Seeing tears rush from my wife at our half way scan, being happy tears, made the journey all worth it. To all those mums and ones to be, you are amazing. None of us would be here without you. To all those dads, I can’t wait for dad group chat lol.
My next big task before the baby comes is to figure out how I juggle my existing 6year old wolf who never likes sharing the back seat!
I’m going to be a dad!
So stoked to have got to a point in this journey where Amber and I feel confident enough to share our joy, because the biggest thing learnt so far, has been the realities behind trying. I feel like I have a new found sensitivity, likely in part to aid in becoming a father but also because I have felt so powerless in the hurdles my incredible wife has overcome. Miscarriages are things I had never heard much about, but when you are unlucky and experience them, you realise you are not alone and in fact so many friends have run the same road at times. For those who haven’t had to, I do not mean to take anything away from your experiences, I imagine and will likely see that creating a human that then entirely depends on you is hard enough. This will hopefully be our next chapter. But up to this point all I can say is that women are so incredibly strong, so driven, and so capable. It’s really hard when you as a guy feel like the car driving alongside the railway tracks and it’s starting to sway. What I’ve learned so far is all you can do is be a rock of support and tell them that everything will be alright.
Seeing tears rush from my wife at our half way scan, being happy tears, made the journey all worth it. To all those mums and ones to be, you are amazing. None of us would be here without you. To all those dads, I can’t wait for dad group chat lol.
My next big task before the baby comes is to figure out how I juggle my existing 6year old wolf who never likes sharing the back seat!
I’m going to be a dad!
So stoked to have got to a point in this journey where Amber and I feel confident enough to share our joy, because the biggest thing learnt so far, has been the realities behind trying. I feel like I have a new found sensitivity, likely in part to aid in becoming a father but also because I have felt so powerless in the hurdles my incredible wife has overcome. Miscarriages are things I had never heard much about, but when you are unlucky and experience them, you realise you are not alone and in fact so many friends have run the same road at times. For those who haven’t had to, I do not mean to take anything away from your experiences, I imagine and will likely see that creating a human that then entirely depends on you is hard enough. This will hopefully be our next chapter. But up to this point all I can say is that women are so incredibly strong, so driven, and so capable. It’s really hard when you as a guy feel like the car driving alongside the railway tracks and it’s starting to sway. What I’ve learned so far is all you can do is be a rock of support and tell them that everything will be alright.
Seeing tears rush from my wife at our half way scan, being happy tears, made the journey all worth it. To all those mums and ones to be, you are amazing. None of us would be here without you. To all those dads, I can’t wait for dad group chat lol.
My next big task before the baby comes is to figure out how I juggle my existing 6year old wolf who never likes sharing the back seat!
Unfortunately Mananui has lost her tag – BUT – thanks to massive local effort, she lost it back at home in the Tauranga Harbour and we have got it back!!! Thanks to local kid Sebana, who along with dozens of other people, ventured out in the rain to find this expensive piece of science. These tags were used because of their non-invasive method of attachment, whereby the shark doesn’t need to be caught in order to attach it. The method does however make the tags susceptible to being pulled out, and when we have had unprecedented flooding in NZ, the amount of debris, like logs and trees in the water, is more than ever. This is likely what pulled out Mananui’s tag. She was named by the local Maori Hapu reflecting her great mana and prestige. The four months we tracked her gave us some incredible and novel insight as to the lives of these Great White sharks which have historically been rare or absent in this region. Firstly it is pretty clear that something special is occurring in this harbour, being home to a 3.2m Great white. Then we have seen how floods made the sharks leave the area, Mananui heading north and around the north cape to the west coast! But then to return all the way back to the exact place we tagged her, is just truly incredible. It shows the migration capabilities and awareness, and it cements the definition of the harbour as a nursery area, where return residency, reflects the incredible ecosystem it offers. What we also see is an awesome human community, funding tags, eager to learn and literally getting out there to help. Thanks to all who searched for the tag. I am so grateful for the support. And I will endeavour to re-deploy the tag on Mananui asap
A weekend of crazy context!!
Friday, speak to hundreds of school kids about the importance of sharks and our oceans thanks to @mazda_nz and our annual Treemendous circuit.
Saturday: attend the boat show to highlight the incredible support I have had from @extremeboats.nz @yamahamarinenz @gfabtrailers @raymarine_nz @seadek who put together a boat package which has enabled the Great White Project in NZ and a @sharkweek show to be released this summer. Also to share my occupational journey with the next generation of kids, encouraging following your passion with the necessity of working hard.
Sunday: turn up to a Hollywood set to work with the awesome Jason Momoa @prideofgypsies sharing a passion for the ocean, it’s incredible creatures, the cultural connections with it. Jason is obviously a hugely successful actor but he was more so a genuine, kind at heart, incredibly hard working man who had friends and family on set and I was stoked to have been invited by him! He also made me have a massive bonus fan girl moment by inviting two of my favourite ocean legends on set – @mikecoots who is an incredible photographer and shark ambassador, having lost a leg to a Tiger shark attack, Mike is such a powerful messenger of pro shark appreciation. And @kimi_swimmy an incredible women who is so humble and kind that you fully recognise what living in the ocean does for one’s personality. A ray of complete sunshine and one which inspired my lovely wife @amberandfriendsphoto to become a mother in the face of fear of losing one’s identity or ability to play in the sea. So powerful have been Kimi’s stories that I read up on the incredible Haenyeo women freedivers from Jeju and Amber created Project Hapū aimed at showcasing how incredible women are through pregnancy and ocean lives.
After such a weekend of massive context shifts from Hollywood to school classrooms, I think the highlight will always be the sharing of knowledge and information with others, in efforts to improve the world around us. The shiny stuff can be nice but the natural world is what keeps us alive
A weekend of crazy context!!
Friday, speak to hundreds of school kids about the importance of sharks and our oceans thanks to @mazda_nz and our annual Treemendous circuit.
Saturday: attend the boat show to highlight the incredible support I have had from @extremeboats.nz @yamahamarinenz @gfabtrailers @raymarine_nz @seadek who put together a boat package which has enabled the Great White Project in NZ and a @sharkweek show to be released this summer. Also to share my occupational journey with the next generation of kids, encouraging following your passion with the necessity of working hard.
Sunday: turn up to a Hollywood set to work with the awesome Jason Momoa @prideofgypsies sharing a passion for the ocean, it’s incredible creatures, the cultural connections with it. Jason is obviously a hugely successful actor but he was more so a genuine, kind at heart, incredibly hard working man who had friends and family on set and I was stoked to have been invited by him! He also made me have a massive bonus fan girl moment by inviting two of my favourite ocean legends on set – @mikecoots who is an incredible photographer and shark ambassador, having lost a leg to a Tiger shark attack, Mike is such a powerful messenger of pro shark appreciation. And @kimi_swimmy an incredible women who is so humble and kind that you fully recognise what living in the ocean does for one’s personality. A ray of complete sunshine and one which inspired my lovely wife @amberandfriendsphoto to become a mother in the face of fear of losing one’s identity or ability to play in the sea. So powerful have been Kimi’s stories that I read up on the incredible Haenyeo women freedivers from Jeju and Amber created Project Hapū aimed at showcasing how incredible women are through pregnancy and ocean lives.
After such a weekend of massive context shifts from Hollywood to school classrooms, I think the highlight will always be the sharing of knowledge and information with others, in efforts to improve the world around us. The shiny stuff can be nice but the natural world is what keeps us alive
A weekend of crazy context!!
Friday, speak to hundreds of school kids about the importance of sharks and our oceans thanks to @mazda_nz and our annual Treemendous circuit.
Saturday: attend the boat show to highlight the incredible support I have had from @extremeboats.nz @yamahamarinenz @gfabtrailers @raymarine_nz @seadek who put together a boat package which has enabled the Great White Project in NZ and a @sharkweek show to be released this summer. Also to share my occupational journey with the next generation of kids, encouraging following your passion with the necessity of working hard.
Sunday: turn up to a Hollywood set to work with the awesome Jason Momoa @prideofgypsies sharing a passion for the ocean, it’s incredible creatures, the cultural connections with it. Jason is obviously a hugely successful actor but he was more so a genuine, kind at heart, incredibly hard working man who had friends and family on set and I was stoked to have been invited by him! He also made me have a massive bonus fan girl moment by inviting two of my favourite ocean legends on set – @mikecoots who is an incredible photographer and shark ambassador, having lost a leg to a Tiger shark attack, Mike is such a powerful messenger of pro shark appreciation. And @kimi_swimmy an incredible women who is so humble and kind that you fully recognise what living in the ocean does for one’s personality. A ray of complete sunshine and one which inspired my lovely wife @amberandfriendsphoto to become a mother in the face of fear of losing one’s identity or ability to play in the sea. So powerful have been Kimi’s stories that I read up on the incredible Haenyeo women freedivers from Jeju and Amber created Project Hapū aimed at showcasing how incredible women are through pregnancy and ocean lives.
After such a weekend of massive context shifts from Hollywood to school classrooms, I think the highlight will always be the sharing of knowledge and information with others, in efforts to improve the world around us. The shiny stuff can be nice but the natural world is what keeps us alive
Do you live in the Papamoa Beach area?
Can you help me find a Shark Tag???
$100 reward 🙂
Free after school entertainment for kids and dogs lol
Unfortunately the famous Great White Shark Daisy, seems to have dropped her tag and it has floated inshore onto the beach roughly in the area in front of Papamoa Beach Surf Club.
The tag will look similar to the below picture. It will have seaweed growth on it so may blend in, and will likely be at the high tide mark.
This location below shows it on the land but the last location signal was an inaccurate one, so its within a few kms of this area, but definitely on the beach as it washed ashore. The satellites are not overhead to give more accurate locations until tonight. So please if you are in the area, could you have a look and text/call me if you find it 027 463 7397
There has been do much debris in the ocean from the ongoing floods that these tags have had a hard ride through the usually empty ocean, and this is the third to pull from the sharks.
Do you live in the Papamoa Beach area?
Can you help me find a Shark Tag???
$100 reward 🙂
Free after school entertainment for kids and dogs lol
Unfortunately the famous Great White Shark Daisy, seems to have dropped her tag and it has floated inshore onto the beach roughly in the area in front of Papamoa Beach Surf Club.
The tag will look similar to the below picture. It will have seaweed growth on it so may blend in, and will likely be at the high tide mark.
This location below shows it on the land but the last location signal was an inaccurate one, so its within a few kms of this area, but definitely on the beach as it washed ashore. The satellites are not overhead to give more accurate locations until tonight. So please if you are in the area, could you have a look and text/call me if you find it 027 463 7397
There has been do much debris in the ocean from the ongoing floods that these tags have had a hard ride through the usually empty ocean, and this is the third to pull from the sharks.
Do you live in the Papamoa Beach area?
Can you help me find a Shark Tag???
$100 reward 🙂
Free after school entertainment for kids and dogs lol
Unfortunately the famous Great White Shark Daisy, seems to have dropped her tag and it has floated inshore onto the beach roughly in the area in front of Papamoa Beach Surf Club.
The tag will look similar to the below picture. It will have seaweed growth on it so may blend in, and will likely be at the high tide mark.
This location below shows it on the land but the last location signal was an inaccurate one, so its within a few kms of this area, but definitely on the beach as it washed ashore. The satellites are not overhead to give more accurate locations until tonight. So please if you are in the area, could you have a look and text/call me if you find it 027 463 7397
There has been do much debris in the ocean from the ongoing floods that these tags have had a hard ride through the usually empty ocean, and this is the third to pull from the sharks.
Do you live in the Papamoa Beach area?
Can you help me find a Shark Tag???
$100 reward 🙂
Free after school entertainment for kids and dogs lol
Unfortunately the famous Great White Shark Daisy, seems to have dropped her tag and it has floated inshore onto the beach roughly in the area in front of Papamoa Beach Surf Club.
The tag will look similar to the below picture. It will have seaweed growth on it so may blend in, and will likely be at the high tide mark.
This location below shows it on the land but the last location signal was an inaccurate one, so its within a few kms of this area, but definitely on the beach as it washed ashore. The satellites are not overhead to give more accurate locations until tonight. So please if you are in the area, could you have a look and text/call me if you find it 027 463 7397
There has been do much debris in the ocean from the ongoing floods that these tags have had a hard ride through the usually empty ocean, and this is the third to pull from the sharks.
Do you live in the Papamoa Beach area?
Can you help me find a Shark Tag???
$100 reward 🙂
Free after school entertainment for kids and dogs lol
Unfortunately the famous Great White Shark Daisy, seems to have dropped her tag and it has floated inshore onto the beach roughly in the area in front of Papamoa Beach Surf Club.
The tag will look similar to the below picture. It will have seaweed growth on it so may blend in, and will likely be at the high tide mark.
This location below shows it on the land but the last location signal was an inaccurate one, so its within a few kms of this area, but definitely on the beach as it washed ashore. The satellites are not overhead to give more accurate locations until tonight. So please if you are in the area, could you have a look and text/call me if you find it 027 463 7397
There has been do much debris in the ocean from the ongoing floods that these tags have had a hard ride through the usually empty ocean, and this is the third to pull from the sharks.
Do you live in the Papamoa Beach area?
Can you help me find a Shark Tag???
$100 reward 🙂
Free after school entertainment for kids and dogs lol
Unfortunately the famous Great White Shark Daisy, seems to have dropped her tag and it has floated inshore onto the beach roughly in the area in front of Papamoa Beach Surf Club.
The tag will look similar to the below picture. It will have seaweed growth on it so may blend in, and will likely be at the high tide mark.
This location below shows it on the land but the last location signal was an inaccurate one, so its within a few kms of this area, but definitely on the beach as it washed ashore. The satellites are not overhead to give more accurate locations until tonight. So please if you are in the area, could you have a look and text/call me if you find it 027 463 7397
There has been do much debris in the ocean from the ongoing floods that these tags have had a hard ride through the usually empty ocean, and this is the third to pull from the sharks.
UPDATE!!!!!
The tag seems to have been picked up and taken home/to work by someone. This isn’t a manhunt it’s a tag hunt 🙂 The person likely doesn’t know what it is, so please if you know people in the Gate Pa area or a community page there, please share this post and see if we can get the tag back.
Thank you for all of you help.
Remember there is a $100 reward 🙂
Call or text me with any info please 027 463 7397
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Previous posts info below
Unfortunately the famous Great White Shark Daisy, seems to have dropped her tag and it has floated inshore onto the beach roughly in the area in front of Papamoa Beach Surf Club.
The tag will look similar to the below picture. It will have seaweed growth on it so may blend in, and will likely be at the high tide mark.
This location below shows it on the land but the last location signal was an inaccurate one, so its within a few kms of this area, but definitely on the beach as it washed ashore. The satellites are not overhead to give more accurate locations until tonight. So please if you are in the area, could you have a look and text/call me if you find it 027 463 7397
There has been do much debris in the ocean from the ongoing floods that these tags have had a hard ride through the usually empty ocean, and this is the third to pull from the sharks.
UPDATE!!!!!
The tag seems to have been picked up and taken home/to work by someone. This isn’t a manhunt it’s a tag hunt 🙂 The person likely doesn’t know what it is, so please if you know people in the Gate Pa area or a community page there, please share this post and see if we can get the tag back.
Thank you for all of you help.
Remember there is a $100 reward 🙂
Call or text me with any info please 027 463 7397
………………..
Previous posts info below
Unfortunately the famous Great White Shark Daisy, seems to have dropped her tag and it has floated inshore onto the beach roughly in the area in front of Papamoa Beach Surf Club.
The tag will look similar to the below picture. It will have seaweed growth on it so may blend in, and will likely be at the high tide mark.
This location below shows it on the land but the last location signal was an inaccurate one, so its within a few kms of this area, but definitely on the beach as it washed ashore. The satellites are not overhead to give more accurate locations until tonight. So please if you are in the area, could you have a look and text/call me if you find it 027 463 7397
There has been do much debris in the ocean from the ongoing floods that these tags have had a hard ride through the usually empty ocean, and this is the third to pull from the sharks.
UPDATE!!!!!
The tag seems to have been picked up and taken home/to work by someone. This isn’t a manhunt it’s a tag hunt 🙂 The person likely doesn’t know what it is, so please if you know people in the Gate Pa area or a community page there, please share this post and see if we can get the tag back.
Thank you for all of you help.
Remember there is a $100 reward 🙂
Call or text me with any info please 027 463 7397
………………..
Previous posts info below
Unfortunately the famous Great White Shark Daisy, seems to have dropped her tag and it has floated inshore onto the beach roughly in the area in front of Papamoa Beach Surf Club.
The tag will look similar to the below picture. It will have seaweed growth on it so may blend in, and will likely be at the high tide mark.
This location below shows it on the land but the last location signal was an inaccurate one, so its within a few kms of this area, but definitely on the beach as it washed ashore. The satellites are not overhead to give more accurate locations until tonight. So please if you are in the area, could you have a look and text/call me if you find it 027 463 7397
There has been do much debris in the ocean from the ongoing floods that these tags have had a hard ride through the usually empty ocean, and this is the third to pull from the sharks.
UPDATE!!!!!
The tag seems to have been picked up and taken home/to work by someone. This isn’t a manhunt it’s a tag hunt 🙂 The person likely doesn’t know what it is, so please if you know people in the Gate Pa area or a community page there, please share this post and see if we can get the tag back.
Thank you for all of you help.
Remember there is a $100 reward 🙂
Call or text me with any info please 027 463 7397
………………..
Previous posts info below
Unfortunately the famous Great White Shark Daisy, seems to have dropped her tag and it has floated inshore onto the beach roughly in the area in front of Papamoa Beach Surf Club.
The tag will look similar to the below picture. It will have seaweed growth on it so may blend in, and will likely be at the high tide mark.
This location below shows it on the land but the last location signal was an inaccurate one, so its within a few kms of this area, but definitely on the beach as it washed ashore. The satellites are not overhead to give more accurate locations until tonight. So please if you are in the area, could you have a look and text/call me if you find it 027 463 7397
There has been do much debris in the ocean from the ongoing floods that these tags have had a hard ride through the usually empty ocean, and this is the third to pull from the sharks.
Happy wedding anniversary to my incredible @amberandfriendsphoto
To look back on our lives together makes me realise how well suited we are; to have travelled the world, worked on each others jobs, raised a dog baby, built houses, built careers, swum with sharks, whales, turtles and dolphins, got barrelled together, rode through miscarriages, and to get married in the middle of covid but during a window of gatherings being allowed, sunny weather and pumping surf with all our friends and family – well, truly lucky I feel to have met you 8 years ago and to lock you down forever 😉 two years ago. Onwards and upwards. And thanks to all of our loving family and friends. Xx
Really cool to have some of the next generation of shark ambassadors come for a chat on the @gfabtrailers stand today at the boat show. If you’ve got kids keen to learn about sharks and ask any question in the world then come along to the GFAB stand 507 tomorrow at the @boatshownz at 1:15pm – or even if you are an adult and are shark curious too 😉
Really cool to have some of the next generation of shark ambassadors come for a chat on the @gfabtrailers stand today at the boat show. If you’ve got kids keen to learn about sharks and ask any question in the world then come along to the GFAB stand 507 tomorrow at the @boatshownz at 1:15pm – or even if you are an adult and are shark curious too 😉
She’s in there – ready to be dressed – @boatshownz
Thanks to @extremeboats.nz @gfabtrailers @yamahamarinenz @mazda_nz @raymarine_nz @seadek
I will be on the GFAB stand #507 at 1:15pm Sat and Sun to talk sharks and in particular the Great White Project.
