Welcome to Sir Peter Blake MERC
Sir Peter Blake Marine Education & Recreation Centre is a not for profit Charity based at Long Bay, Auckland and offers marine and outdoor based activity and residential programmes for Schools and other not for profit groups.
MERC can accommodate up to 85 people at any time for overnight stays and activities, plus an additional 60 people for day visits and activities.
A day programme usually consists of 3 activities on the day and instruction is generally given between 9am and 4pm. There is scope to organise short duration, single day and multi-day courses, and these are specifically developed to meet the needs of each group.
Our facilities have separate teacher/leader accommodation, multi-purpose hall, wheelchair access and large kitchen & dining facilities. We also offer conference facilities for up to 40 people overlooking the Long Bay-Okura Marine Reserve, Tiritiri Matangi Island and the Whangaparaoa Peninsula.
MERC can accommodate up to 85 people at any time for overnight stays and activities, plus an additional 60 people for day visits and activities.
A day programme usually consists of 3 activities on the day and instruction is generally given between 9am and 4pm. There is scope to organise short duration, single day and multi-day courses, and these are specifically developed to meet the needs of each group.
Our facilities have separate teacher/leader accommodation, multi-purpose hall, wheelchair access and large kitchen & dining facilities. We also offer conference facilities for up to 40 people overlooking the Long Bay-Okura Marine Reserve, Tiritiri Matangi Island and the Whangaparaoa Peninsula.
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Sir Peter Blake MERC is safety audit certified by Outdoors New Zealand.
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July School Holiday ProgrammeIf you are aged 7 and 13 years inclusive
Book now to secure a place on our July School Holiday Programmes!!!! July 15th - 19th July 22nd - 26th Click here for more details |
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Winter Lecture Series
The Winter Lectures are back on. It would be great to see you down here at Sir Peter Blake MERC to see them. There are 6 lectures in this years series, the next 2 are outlined below.
June 7th - A Southern Ocean Odyssey – From Patagonia to the Falklands, South Georgia and the Antarctic Peninsula.
John Duder is a well-known descendent of early Devonport pioneers who has presented this illustrated talk in several places around Auckland where it was very well received. He was a Trustee and deck officer with Spirit of Adventure Trust for 30 years and is now on the R Tucker Thompson Sail Training Board in Northland. He was a Devonport Community Board Member for 9 years. He is a life member of the NZ Coastal Society, a Justice of the Peace and was made an Officer of the NZ Order of Merit for services to engineering and the community in 2009. |
June 14th - The Phoenician Ship Expedition – The Circumnavigation of the African Continent and to the United Kingdom in a replica 7BC Phoenician Ship.
Paul has been involved in a number of expeditions, including project adviser and sailor on both the Borobudur Ship Expedition 2003/04 (www.borobudurshipexpedition.com), a reconstructed 700AD century ship, and the Phoenician Ship Expedition, 2008/2012, (www.phoenicia.org.uk), a reconstructed 600BC ship. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. |
