Patrick Burnham
Sir Blake Marine & Recreation Centre (MERC)
Patrick has been with MERC for 2 and a half years, first as the marine education co-ordinator and now as the Residential Programmes Manager. Connecting people to the ocean has always been a passion, and for the last 13 years, Patrick has combined marine recreation with marine science to build ocean literacy of participants at centres in California, Maine and now in New Zealand. Kia whakaongaonga Tangaroa i to whatumanawa. Let the ocean excite your heart!