Just fifty metres off Buffalo beach in Whitianga lies the wreck of the HMS Buffalo, a royal British Navy ship that sank in 1840.
The HMS Buffalo Re-Examination Project has been working to protect the wreck,
And they recently won the New Zealand Archaeological Association Public Award 2022.
One of the project leads Matthew Gainsford talks to Jesse about their work.
HMS Buffalo, wrecked off Whitianga in Coromandel in 1840 Photo: Mercury Bay Museum
