The Black coral identification workshop participants on the final evening (from left to right: Rob Stewart – NIWA principal technician, Di Tracey – NIWA JCM programme manager, Dr. Aimée Komugabe - VUW, Dr. Jaret Bilewitch, Hyacinth Suarez - University of San Carlos, Jeremy Horowitz - James Cook University, Dr. Mercer Brugler – American Museum of Natural History, Diana Macpherson – NIWA Assistant Collection Manager, Dr. Dennis Opresko – Smithsonian Institution, Sadie Mills – NIWA Collection Manager, Dr. Lyndsey Holland – VUW)