TY - BOOK AU - Hunt,Janet TI - Our big blue backyard: New Zealand's oceans and marine reserves SN - 9781775536543 : U1 - 333.9164160993 23 KW - Marine parks and reserves KW - New Zealand KW - Marine animals KW - Marine biology KW - Marine resources conservation KW - Marine biodiversity conservation N1 - "Examines New Zealand's 34 marine reserves, and the need to protect and preserve our seas and foreshores in their natural state. Each chapter contains features about outstanding plants, birds, fish, mammals, invertebrates and crustaceans as well as interviews and items of interest about people associated with marine conservation—divers, underwater camera operators, marine biologists, Experiencing Marine Reserves (EMR) people, including young folks who have had recent marine encounters ... is based on a six-episode television series made by Natural History New Zealand and which is to be screened on TVNZ in late 2014 but it goes much further than the six episodes go"--Publisher information ER -