{"id":3135,"date":"2022-08-05T12:10:39","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T00:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/?p=3135"},"modified":"2023-05-29T15:40:58","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T03:40:58","slug":"introducing-pete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/2022\/08\/05\/introducing-pete\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Pete!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/me-looking-super-serial-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3148\" width=\"267\" height=\"399\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Kia Ora!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">I\u2019m Pete, and I\u2019ve just joined the team at Dive HQ Wellington!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p> I\u2019m a Lower Hutt local, but I\u2019ve only just come back after spending 8 years running around other parts of the country and the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve been diving since 2016, when I did a summer course with Dive Otago down in Dunedin. Despite those chilly waters, I was instantly hooked. I kept diving as a hobby rather than a career for a while, and ended up working in wildlife tourism on boats in Dunedin, before heading over to California to work on whale watching boats. When COVID shut down the California operations in early 2020, I headed back to New Zealand and got back into the tourism industry. I spent a summer watching people going diving as I was commuting to and from my workplace, and became itchy to spend more time down under the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GOPR0269-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3147\" width=\"593\" height=\"445\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to scratch that diving itch, I went back to Dive Otago in early 2021 and did my instructor course. Before too long I headed over to Cairns, working as a dive instructor in those toasty Australian waters. I spent the first half of 2022 travelling around Europe, and then came back and found myself joining the team here at Dive HQ Wellington. I\u2019m super stoked to be able to enjoy everything the ocean around Wellington has to offer, and I know I\u2019m going to have a great time working here! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/227103967_813798565852009_3139606137226853966_n-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3143\" width=\"513\" height=\"340\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>My favourite place that I\u2019ve dived was Milford Sound. I took a trip there with Dive Otago after completing my instructor course, and was blown away by the geology, topography, and marine life. Some of those crays looked like they could have eaten me for breakfast, and the <em>Jason mirabilis<\/em> nudibranchs were incredibly beautiful. Add to that the small sharks we\u2019d see on nearly every dive, and the wall diving with hundreds of metres of water below us, and you get a pretty awesome place to dive. Aside from diving, I\u2019m big into wildlife photography and filmmaking. I haven\u2019t quite made the switch to take these interests underwater yet, but I\u2019m sure it\u2019ll happen before long! My favourite animal to photograph has to be Humpback Whales. I\u2019ve spent some time snapping them breaching and lunge feeding, and it\u2019s always a rush!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/me-and-camera-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3161\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/258815575_1027213851467518_4802723966471260473_n-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3145\" width=\"385\" height=\"257\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Anyway, it\u2019s really\ngood to be here. Come and say hi if you see me in the shop or out at the dive\nsite, and I look forward to meeting you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kia Ora! 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