Dr Graham Wragg, or to his friends "Capt G", or simply "G", has lived and worked in the central Pacific since 1989. He has extensive knowledge of the wildlife both above and below water. He also knows a heap about the geography and history of the region and personally knows many of the people living on these remote islands.

He is an expert at putting your voyage together, whatever your expedition consists of, whether it is diving for fun, or filming for natural history programs – "Capt G" is a man with a heap of local knowledge on the remote islands of the central Pacific.

Just one warning, once "G" starts holding forth on his favorite subject, it is hard to stop him, he is passionate about this stuff!

Background information about "Capt G"

Graham was born in New Zealand, and trained as a National Park Ranger, and then completed his Master of Applied Science, at Lincoln University near Christchurch. He has traveled and worked overseas in Alaska, the United Kingdom, Africa, Russia and the Pacific.

He has spent thousands of hours at sea in the Pacific, first aboard his small Sailing Vessel Te Manu (1989-1999) and then aboard the R/V Bounty Bay (2002-2009). His maritime qualifications include the New Zealand Offshore Master and Marine Engineering licences.

Graham completed his Doctorate (in Zoology) at the University of Oxford. His study was on the bird extinctions of the Pitcairn Islands. He has also participated in many other research projects in the Pacific, either doing the research or as charterer for scientists, government officials or film crews.

Graham married Ulamila Vakalalabure in early 2006, and they have two young children (Jean & Tevita) to occupy their time. They live in a beach house in the picturesque village of Vaima'anga, in the Cook Islands. But a complete metamorphosis into a total "landlubber" is not very likely, as he can be found aboard on some of the science voyages.

Read more about Capt G's research interests as a field biologist, scientific author, book reviewer and mariner:

• Oxford University Gazette, (1999)
• Biological Journal of the Linnean Society - Volume 56, September 1995: Scientific results from the 'Pitcairn Islands Scientific Expeditions 1991/92'
• Science, Vol 295, Issue 5560, 1 March 2002: Extinction of the Dodo scientific paper
• Henderson Island Management Plan, (2002) (48 page pdf file)
• Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 33, Number 4, December 2003: A new species of ground-dove from Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group
• Book review: Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds
• Professional Skipper article: September/October 2004
• Historical Biology: Volume 18, No 2, pp 127-140 (2006): A new species of extinct imperial pigeon (Ducula: Columbidae) from Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group