N.Z. Oceanographic Institute

The Freshwater Section became the Taupo Research Laboratory and in 1980 the NZOI moved into premises at Greta Point, Wellington.

It was rudimentary science, done by dropping thousands of cards into the sea and recording where they later ended up, but it gave the first cohesive picture of near- shore circulation of coastal waters.

[6] Heath moved to a senior position at the University of Otago in 1994 and was replaced by Douglas Gordon, a fisheries manager who oversaw the transfer to a group within NIWA.

Brodie initially found rooms in chilly Victorian offices above a dress shop at the parliament end of Lambton Quay.

The institute library held vital expedition reports, some dating back to the 1800s, which continue to be a major asset to research on New Zealand's flora and fauna.

[3] Initially, NZOI chartered the ageing cargo-passenger island trader Taranui for two lengthy periods each year.

Sextant angles fixed positions relative to features ashore or, remote from land, from the sun and stars.

[3] This first Tangaroa was replaced with a 20-year-old, German, custom-built research vessel, Meteor and renamed Rapuhia on arrival.