Riley Hathaway Meet and Greet

Riley is a passionate 18-year-old ocean advocate and PADI AmbassaDiver. She studied at Mahurangi College and while in Year 8 she completed a school project on turtles and plastic, which was the inspiration behind the kids showYoung Ocean Explorers that Riley has been part of for the last four years.

She’s been on heaps of fun adventures with her dad Steve (an underwater cameraman), and has some incredible stories of encounters with sea creatures including turtles, orca, whales and sharks. Their aim is to get kids enthused about the beauty and diversity of our marine life and to create stories that inspire kids to love our ocean. In 2017 they released their interactive documentary website www.youngoceanexplorers.com.

We were fortunate to have Riley come and inspire, teach and entertain our whole school today. The audience reaction was priceless with so much ohhhing and ahhhing and even spontaneous outbreaks of applause throughout her presentation. It made us all feel very proud of the beautiful country we live in and inspired to take some adventures of our own!

After the presentation, 8 of our ocean loving students had the opportunity to spend time with Riley. They asked her so many amazing questions and got to hear more about how Riley came to be such an adventurer and ocean advocate. There was even time for signing books and the posters Riley gave them and having a photo with their new friend!

Riley is off adventuring around Europe soon. We wish her a wonderful time and can't wait to hear all about it when she returns to her homeland!

Thank you Riley!