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SOUNDINGS LOCAL NEWS Dive Rite recalls low-pressure regulator hoses RUBBER LOW-PRESSURE REGULATOR HOSE SAFETY NOTICE The hoses, in lengths between six and 84 inches, were sold between February 2018 and July 2019, either individually or as part of a regulator or rebreather package, Undercurrent reported in August (www.undercurrent.org). The hoses are suspected of not meeting design and performance standards. The specific hose assemblies recalled are marked with the codes: 0308, 0388, 0598, 0808, 1648, 1738, and 1998. Look for the coding on the ferrule or hose itself. Dive Rite was notified by its long-term vendor Danicorp Inc. in July 2019. Below is the statement received by the hose manufacturer: “This product is now suspected of not adhering to the ANSI Z86 7.1 standard. Hose material marked Julian date code on hose with the Julian date codes of: 0308, 0388, 0598, 0808, 1648, 1738, and 1998 are the only hoses in question. These hose assemblies will have Danicorp's date coding (on the ferrule), as early as, D0218 (February 2018) through D0918 (September 2018). Return your recalled hose to the dealer from which you bought it for a replacement.” “Dive Rite hoses affected by this notice were sold between February 2018 and July 2019. The suspect Low-Pressure Regulator Hoses sold by Dive Rite include the following sizes only: 6”, 11”, 18”, 22”, 28”, 36”, 40”, and 84”. Hoses were sold individually and as part of regulator or CCR packages. “Dive Rite rubber high-pressure and BC hoses as well as all braided low-pressure, high pressure, and BC hoses are not affected. “Dive Rite has reviewed the ANSI standard referenced above and it covers many aspects of TecFestNZ on again Danicorp date code on ferrule hose construction, labelling, and testing. Unfortunately, Danicorp has not specified which part of the standard that the hoses potentially do not conform to. Because of this we must recommend to immediately discontinue use of any affected hoses. “Due to the widespread effects of this safety notice and that Danicorp supplied many different distributors, manufacturers, and dive shops, Dive Rite will only be able to issue replacement hoses through its dealer network. If you have an affected hose, please contact the Dive Rite dealer that you purchased the hose from for assistance.” TecFestNZ is on again next year on May 1st, 2nd and 3rd 2020. Due to popular demand Chris Clarke and Brent McFadden are organising the event again in Taupo but at a new venue close to the city’s foreshore. It will follow the same proven format with NEW ZEALAND’S ONLY DIVE MAGAZINE interesting speakers, equipment exhibits and try-dives from the lake foreshore. Visit the TecFestnz web site for more information and like the TecFestNZ Facebook page to get up-to-date info as it comes to hand over the next few months. More in next issue of Dive mag. P A C I F I C established 1990 NEW ZEALAND’S ONLY DIVE MAGAZINE P A C I F I C October / November 2019 Issue 171 NEW ZEALAND’S ONLY DIVE MAGAZINE Find us on facebook - follow the links on our website www.Dive-Pacific.com P A C I F I C Diver Emergency Number, New Zealand : 0800 4 DES 11 1800 088 200 (toll free) Australia : +61-8-8212 9242 Publisher Gilbert Peterson +64 27 494 9629 Dive Publishing P.O. Box 34 687 Birkenhead, Auckland, New Zealand 0746 divenz@divenewzealand.co.nz Editor at Large Dave Moran +64 9 521 0684 davem@divenewzealand.co.nz Advertising Sales Manager Colin Gestro +64 272 568 014 colin@affinityads.com Art Director Mark Grogan +64 9 262 0303 bytemarx@orcon.net.nz Printed by Crucial Colour Ltd Retail distribution NZ: Ovato NZ Ltd All rights reserved. Reprinting in whole or part is expressly forbidden except by written permission of the publisher. Opinions expressed in the publication are those of the authors and not necessarily the publishers. All material is accepted in good faith and the publisher accepts no responsibility whatsoever. www.DiveNewZealand.co.nz www.Dive-Pacific.com Registered Publication Dive Pacific ISSN 2624-134X (print) ISSN 2324-3236 (online) 4 Dive New Zealand | Dive Pacific

INDEPTH EDITORIAL Tuia Encounters 250 - Time to celebrate! By Dave Moran - Editor at Large Twelve months ago, in the October/ November, Dive 166 we published an item on the possible discovery of Captain James Cook’s HMB Endeavour in the waters off Newport Rhode Island USA. At the time I expressed my disappointment to the Minister of Culture and Heritage, Jacinda Ardern, the Prime Minister, and her department’s lack of any positive interest in New Zealand putting its hand up as a country that had an interest in the wreck of arguably the most significant European ship to map New Zealand’s coastline and interact with various Maori iwi. As you know New Zealand is commemorating the meeting of Europeans and Maori from October through to December 2019. The Government has allocated $13.5 + million to celebrate this historical meeting, though some New Zealanders would not use the word ‘celebrate’! Australia is also in full production to mark this historical event in their history, allocating $60 million. In New Zealand, the intention is to bring to life the discovery of New Zealand by many great ocean navigators stretching back 700 plus years when Polynesian explorers arrived on our shores, and the later arrival 250 years ago of British explorer, Captain James Cook in 1769. Interestingly a point that has been completely omitted by the mainstream media is that the French explorer, Captain Jean François Marie de Surville, was also mapping the coastline at the same time. Cook and de Surville were unaware of each other’s presence though they passed each other by approximately 20 nautical miles! Over the last 12 months the Australian Government and the Australian National Maritime Museum have been supporting the Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project (RIMAP) in their efforts to identify which of five wrecks is the most likely to be the Endeavour (renamed Lord Sandwich) from 13 vessels that were scuttled in the harbour entrance there by the British during the American Independence Revolution in 1778 as a blockade for the possible arrival of the French. Recently the RIMAP team excavated a small section of the buried hull taking various wood samples that will be analysed at a new conservation lab built with Australia’s help and private donations at the Herreshoff Marine Museum in Bristol, Rhode Island. You may recall from the article in our DIVE coverage last year that New Zealand Marine archaeologist Dr Bridget Buxton, Associate Professor of Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology who is based at the University of Rhode Island (URI) is very keen to have New Zealand involved in the process of verifying 100% that the remains are that of the Endeavour. The URI have all the conservation facilities and expertise to accomplish this to the highest marine archaeological best practice standards. PM Jacinda Ardern in an email (3rd Oct 2018) to Dr Bridget Buxton finished with: “We are in regular contact with relevant Australian agencies and, given the participation of the Australian National Maritime Museum, will certainly talk with them about progress and potential of this work.” Seeing that the Australians, God bless them, are in boots and all, it may be time for our Minister of Culture and Heritage to give them a call, if she or her Department have not already? Maybe it’s time to reconsider showing New Zealand Government’s interest in the wreck by accepting Dr Bridget Buxton’s offer to be an integral part of a professional team to establish once and for all, 100%, that the final resting place of this historic ship has been found. The Tuia Encounters 250 has become a public relations nightmare for the Government with Maori protests being planned. These protests are obviously being taken seriously by the Government. (The https:// mch.govt.nz/tuia250 website has the following notice: Due to security issues the Tuia 250 website is unavailable. For updates on the Tuia 250 project follow us on Facebook). Meanwhile news videos taken in Gisborne show young Maori calling the Endeavour the Death Ship! Nonetheless let’s hope ALL New Zealanders, no matter their ethnic backgrounds, can come together to enjoy the three months of celebrations of the Tuia Encounters 250! - Dave Moran www.dive-pacific.com 5