Nelson Cawthron Institute research scientist Dr Xavier Pochon returned from a Pacific expedition on board the ship of late Sir Peter Blake.
He was on board the ship for 10 days in the Tuamotu Archipelago, east of Tahiti, researching crustose coralline algae and the effect of climate change on corals in the Pacific.
The research so far showed the Polynesians reefs, which were thought to have been spared from the effects of climate change, have suffered multiple deep disruption.
