Science Centres: Vessels

New Zealand’s only deepwater research vessel, which has recent had a $24 million upgrade to enhance its ocean science, oil and gas exploration and marine engineering capabilities.

• New Zealand’s only vessel with DP2 dynamic positioning
• New Zealand’s only ice-strengthened research ship
• Well-equipped for a wide range of environmental survey and ocean science work, including fisheries surveys
• Works throughout the South Pacific, Southern Ocean, and Antarctica

Detailed specifications & principal features

Contact us about Tangaroa’s capabilities 

More about Tangaroa’s dynamic positioning system

Voyages

Tangaroa’s first voyage after the upgrade was a Chatham Rise trawl survey, which started on 1 January 2011.

Other recent voyages include:

• Vulnerable Deep Sea Communities 
• Filming orange roughy in situ (fisheries)
• Mapping the seabed off Otago (results showed deep canyons off the coast of Otago)
• Habitats of significance for marine organisms and biodiversity 
• Antarctic Whale Expedition, 2010
• Macquarie Ridge
• Chatham Rise fish biodiversity