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RNZ News
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- RNZ News
Kelly Tarlton: NZ's great treasure hunter
When you hear the name Kelly Tarlton, you probably picture the famous aquarium in Auckland - with its glass tunnels and circling sharks. But he was also New Zealand's most successful treasure hunter. Kelly Tarlton recovered millions in sunken gold, silver and jewels. He pioneered new methods of underwater excavation, and was on the brink of a brand new adventure when he died suddenly, just months after his aquarium opened - leaving behind one final, unfinished quest. In his new RNZ podcast, Kelly Tarlton's Final Treasure Hunt, journalist and storyteller Hamish Williams set out to complete that quest - to find a lost anchor dropped 250 years ago by one of the first European ships to reach Aotearoa. Along the way, Hamish uncovers an incredible story of obsession, risk, innovation, and the cost of chasing a dream. Hamish Williams talks to Kathryn about the astonishing story of Kelly Tarlton, and what he hopes to find at the bottom of Northland's Doubtless Bay. Tags: To embed this content on your own webpage, cut and paste the following: See terms of use.
RNZ News
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- RNZ News
Introducing: Kelly Tarlton's Final Treasure Hunt
Kelly Tarlton is widely known as the visionary of Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World . He was also a highly successful treasure hunter of multiple ship wrecks across the world. 40 years after his untimely death a team made up of friends, family and marine enthusiasts embark upon an adventure to complete one of his final expeditions, the location of the oldest European artifact in New Zealand - the third anchor of the St Jean Baptiste. From the bottom of Doubtless Bay, to the display walls of Te Papa, the quest to complete Kelly Tarlton's Final Treasure Hunt is on. To embed this content on your own webpage, cut and paste the following: See terms of use. Podcast (MP3) Oggcast (Vorbis)
