Wade Doak

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Wade Doak

QSM
Wade Doak QSM (cropped).jpg
Doak in 2014
Born
Wade Thomas Doak

(1940-02-23)23 February 1940
Christchurch, New Zealand
Died12 September 2019(2019-09-12) (aged 79)
Ngunguru, New Zealand
EducationUniversity of Canterbury
OccupationFrench language teacher at Wellsford High School[1]

Wade Thomas Doak QSM (23 February 1940 – 12 September 2019) was a New Zealand marine conservationist, scuba diver, photographer and filmmaker.[2]

Born in Christchurch, Doak was educated at Christchurch Boys' High School from 1954 to 1958.[3] He began diving in his teens, and met Kelly Tarlton at the Canterbury Underwater Club.[4] In the 1960s, Doak moved to Northland, where he first dove around the Poor Knights Islands with Tarlton.[4] Doak became an acknowledged expert on the marine ecology of the area, and was instrumental in the Poor Knights Islands being made a marine reserve in 1981 and receiving full protection in 1998.[4]

In the 2012 Queen's Birthday and Diamond Jubilee Honours, Doak was awarded the Queen's Service Medal, for services to marine conservation.[5] He died at his home in Ngunguru on 12 September 2019.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Ballantine, Bill (1993). "Marine reserves and coastal conservation". In Doak, Wade (ed.). The New Zealand Diver's Handbook (PDF). Auckland: Reed. p. 15. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  2. ^ Laird, Lindy (18 October 2014). "Sir Jerry pops in to personally deliver medals". Northern Advocate. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Queen's birthday honours 2012" (PDF). Newsletter. Christchurch Boys' High School Old Boys' Association. July 2012. p. 7. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Wade Doak". NZOnScreen. 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Queen's Birthday and Diamond Jubilee honours list 2012". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Northland marine expert Wade Doak dies aged 79". Stuff.co.nz. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.


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