Poikeke viewed from Motueka at low tide showing the exposed connecting intertidal reef. Photo: 21 Mar 2008.
Image kindly provided by Ewen K. Cameron
Abstract
For much of the 1920s ship’s engineer Willie La Roche (1872 – 1942) obtained specimens of terrestrial, fresh-water and marine molluscs, as well as bulk marine sediment samples, many of which came into the collections of Auckland Museum. This article gives a brief biography of W. La Roche as collector and contributor to Auckland Museum’s marine invertebrate collection and highlights why his contributions were important.
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Citation
Cameron, Ewen K., Bellingham, Peter J., Taylor, Graeme A., Tennyson, Alan J.D., & Davis, Joesph J. (2022). Vegetation, vascular flora, and fauna of Motueka and Poikeke Islands, eastern Coromandel Peninsula, northeast New Zealand. https://doi.org/10.32912/ram.2022.56.3