![2 scientists looking at Hikurangi Margin cold-seep samples](http://static.sciencelearn.org.nz/images/images/000/000/516/full/NIWA-scientists-at-work20151103-6623-up6shx.jpg?1674164427)
Dr Ashley Rowden, an aquatic biodiversity and biosecurity specialist, and Dr Kareen Schnabel, the Invertebrates Collection Manager, with some of the samples collected from a Hikurangi Margin cold-seep site. These chemosynthetic organisms are unique to New Zealand’s biodiversity.