Torch-toting fish and mammoth sharks seen up close in Auckland Museum's new Moana - My Ocean marine exhibition.
Alien-like fish specimens from the deep, life-size shark replicas and microscopic phytoplankton magnified to look like works of art are just a few of the displays visitors will come face-to-face with in Auckland Museum's new marine exhibition.
The exhibition is the culmination of two years' planning and research and the museum's largest marine exhibition to date.
The free exhibition follows a journey that spans five marine zones: Auckland's east coast featuring sections on the Firth of Thames, Leigh Marine Reserve and Okahu Bay, the Hauraki Gulf, mid-water - the world's largest and least-known living space, the Kermadec Trench and finally the marine life of the Kermadec Islands.
Rarely seen specimens including a supergiant amphipod from the depths of the Kermadec Trench "seen only a handful of times in human history" are joined by experiential technology that brings current marine research to life.