9 May 2025

Introducing: Kelly Tarlton's Final Treasure Hunt

From Kelly Tarlton's Final Treasure Hunt

Kelly Tarlton is widely known as the visionary of Kelly Tarlton’s Underwater World. He was also a highly successful treasure hunter of multiple ship wrecks across the world. 40 years after his untimely death a team made up of friends, family and marine enthusiasts embark upon an adventure to complete one of his final expeditions, the location of the oldest European artifact in New Zealand - the third anchor of the St Jean Baptiste. From the bottom of Doubtless Bay, to the display walls of Te Papa, the quest to complete Kelly Tarlton's Final Treasure Hunt is on.

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