Table 1 Sample sites, their coordinates and description of the location.

1

36° 50′ 22.18

174° 47′ 28.1

Waitematā Harbor

2

36° 49′ 31.06

174°51′ 67.2

Waitematā Harbor

3

36° 50′ 22.18

174° 47′ 28.1

Waitematā Harbor

4

35° 10′ 89.85

174° 10′ 22.6

Pēwhairangi (Bay of Islands) Harbor

5

35° 14′ 56

174° 06′ 2

Pēwhairangi (Bay of Islands) Harbor

6

35° 17′ 851

174° 06′ 37

Pēwhairangi (Bay of Islands) Harbor

7

35° 52′ 335

174° 30′ 936

Whangārei Harbor

8

35° 48′ 251

174° 29′ 024

Whangārei Harbor

9

35° 48′ 89

174° 27′ 603

Whangārei Harbor

10

36° 21′ 6283

175° 12′ 173

Coastal waters, Tikapa Moana Te Moananui a Toi/ Hauraki Gulf

11

36° 12′ 6178

175° 12′ 849

Coastal waters, Tikapa Moana Te Moananui a Toi/ Hauraki Gulf

12

35° 56′ 0991

174° 46′ 113

Coastal waters, Te Akau/Bream Bay

13

35° 53′ 5066

174° 34′ 703

Coastal waters, Te Akau/Bream Bay

14

35° 41′ 664

174° 35′ 894

Coastal waters, Ngunguru Bay

15

35° 19′ 3119

174° 46′ 925

Coastal waters, Whangaruru/Rawhiti Coast