Wade Doak
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.jpg) Doak in 2014 | |
| Born | Wade Thomas Doak 23 February 1940 Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Died | 12 September 2019 (aged 79) Ngunguru, New Zealand |
Wade Thomas Doak QSM (23 February 1940 – 12 September 2019) was a New Zealand marine conservationist, scuba diver, photographer and filmmaker.[1]
Born in Christchurch, Doak was educated at Christchurch Boys' High School from 1954 to 1958.[2] He began diving in his teens, and met Kelly Tarlton at the Canterbury Underwater Club.[3] In the 1960s, Doak moved to Northland, where he first dove around the Poor Knights Islands with Tarlton.[3] 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.[3]
In the 2012 Queen's Birthday and Diamond Jubilee Honours, Doak was awarded the Queen's Service Medal, for services to marine conservation.[4] He died at his home in Ngunguru on 12 September 2019.[5]
References
- ^ Laird, Lindy (18 October 2014). "Sir Jerry pops in to personally deliver medals". Northern Advocate. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ "Queen's birthday honours 2012" (PDF). Newsletter. Christchurch Boys' High School Old Boys' Association. July 2012. p. 7. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ a b c "Wade Doak". NZOnScreen. 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday and Diamond Jubilee honours list 2012". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ "Northland marine expert Wade Doak dies aged 79". Stuff.co.nz. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
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