Wade Doak, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 23-Feb-1940
Place of Birth: Christchurch, Canterbury Region, New Zealand
Date of Death: 12-Sep-2019
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Wade Doak
- Wade Thomas Doak (23 February 1940 – 12 September 2019) was a New Zealand marine conservationist, scuba diver, photographer and filmmaker.Born in Christchurch, Doak was educated at Christchurch Boys' High School from 1954 to 1958.
- He began diving in his teens, and met Kelly Tarlton at the Canterbury Underwater Club.
- In the 1960s, Doak moved to Northland, where he first dove around the Poor Knights Islands with Tarlton.
- Doak became an acknowledged expert on the marine ecology of the area, and was instrumental in the Poor Knights Islands being made a marine reserve in 1981 and receiving full protection in 1998.In the 2012 Queen's Birthday and Diamond Jubilee Honours, Doak was awarded the Queen's Service Medal, for services to marine conservation.
- He died at his home in Ngunguru on 12 September 2019.
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