Missing scientific buoy found in Kāpiti waters
4 May, 2021 09:52 PM
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Safely on board. Photo / Niwa
Kapiti News
By: Mary Argue
The Kāpiti story of the missing scientific buoy, worth several hundred thousand dollars, has the makings of every good thriller.
A celebrated beginning, a mysterious disappearance, questions of foul play, and now after weeks of searching its recovery offers a glimmer of hope for answers in the third act.
Spoiler alert, it was not a hit and run.
On Friday, April 30, a month after its sudden disappearance, the Kāpiti Coast biophysical buoy WRIBO-K was pulled from the water.
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Press Release – NIWA Researchers have recovered a scientific buoy from the Kpiti Marine Reserve that went missing in late March. On Friday afternoon, the buoy was successfully hauled to the surface in a joint effort by NIWA, DOC and the Greater Wellington Regional …
Researchers have recovered a scientific buoy from the Kāpiti Marine Reserve that went missing in late March.
On Friday afternoon, the buoy was successfully hauled to the surface in a joint effort by NIWA, DOC and the Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC).
NIWA physical oceanographer Dr Joe O’Callaghan describes the recovery as a “huge relief” following several attempts to retrieve the buoy.
Tuesday, 4 May 2021, 3:08 pm
Researchers have recovered a scientific buoy from the
Kāpiti Marine Reserve that went missing in late
March.
On Friday afternoon, the buoy was successfully
hauled to the surface in a joint effort by NIWA, DOC and the
Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC).
NIWA
physical oceanographer Dr Joe O’Callaghan describes the
recovery as a huge relief following several attempts to
retrieve the buoy.
After an initial inspection, Dr
O’Callaghan believes the buoy was not hit by a
vessel. We will do some further forensics over the
next few weeks but it appears that the depth and swift