Dive HQ, Waipapa, Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand - Diving the Rainbow Warrior or HMNZS Canterbury wreck dives


ph +64 9 402 7551 - divepaihia@xtra.co.nz Williams Road, Paihia, Bay of Islands, New Zealand

Kelly Weeds, PADI Master Instructor, Medic First Aid Instructor Trainer,EFR Instructor, NZUA Cylinder Testing Signatory
& Mie Kawai, PADI Divemaster
Facility Owners

Kelly was born and bred in the Bay of Islands and learnt to dive around the same time as he learnt to walk. He did a stint of ten years in Japan where he worked as an English Teacher and Dive Instructor and where he was lucky enough to meet Mie who is from Kobe City. Together they returned to NZ in late 2003 and opened Dive HQ Bay of Islands in October 2004. They both love their diving as well as being pretty fanatical surfers. Kelly was once described by a friend in Japan as “always having fun – in and out of the water” and that has become their motto.
Service is at a very high standard in Japan and that is what Kelly & Mie have brought to Dive HQ Bay of Islands. Staffs are keen to help, advice or just share a yarn.

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Tim Anderson PADI OWSI, EFR Instructor, DAN O2 Provider, MSCDB, P.O.M.E.

Tim learnt to dive in Australia in1997 and hasn’t stopped since. Originally from the UK Tim has lived in New Zealand since 2001.

His first instructor position was in Milford Sound in 2001.Since then Tim has worked in the Bay of Islands, a veteran of the Rainbow Warrior dive site and self confessed nudibranch freak.

Tim currently drives our 2nd boat “Molly”, guiding divers around the bay of islands. Whether a veteran diver or a student diver, Tim will ensure you have a “wicked day in the bay”.

Paihia Dive HQ can be contacted at:
Williams Rd, PO Box 576, Paihia, Bay of Islands, New Zealand ~ Ph 64 9 402 7551 Fx 64 9 402 7110
email divepaihia@xtra.co.nz

Dive HQ, Waipapa, Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand, Diving