He has 18 world records to his name, as well as being a five-time world free diving champion. He was the first person to dive unaided, that’s without fins, to 100m.
In January, he became a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to free diving.
He was Simon Barnett and James Daniels' guest for this weeks Six and a Song.
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